Psalms 31:2. Bow down thine ear to me;
"I am very weak, I am also very unworthy; it will be a great instance of thy divine condescension if thou dost hear me; yet I cry unto thee, ‘Bow down thine ear to me;’"
Psalms 31:2. Deliver me speedily:
We may not set the time for God to answer our petitions, yet may we expect that his sure mercies will be swift mercies when our necessities are very urgent. So the psalmist pleads, "Lord, come not late to me, lest thou come too late to me, for I am in sore distress; my case is urgent, therefore help me now, ‘deliver me speedily.’"
Psalms 31:2. Be thou my strong rock, for an house of defense to save me.
He remembered Adullam and Engedi, and he worked these places into his supplication. A man’s prayer should be the index of his life’s history. The scenes to which he has been most accustomed should rise up vividly before his spirit when he is at the throne of grace; it was so with David: "My God, be thou an immutable, immovable, impregnable rock to me, and let me dwell in thee. Be not merely a refuge for the moment, but be ‘a house of defense to save me.’"
Psalms 31:2. Bow down thine ear to me;
"I am very weak, I am also very unworthy; it will be a great instance of thy divine condescension if thou dost hear me; yet I cry unto thee, ‘Bow down thine ear to me;’"
Psalms 31:2. Deliver me speedily:
We may not set the time for God to answer our petitions, yet may we expect that his sure mercies will be swift mercies when our necessities are very urgent. So the psalmist pleads, "Lord, come not late to me, lest thou come too late to me, for I am in sore distress; my case is urgent, therefore help me now, ‘deliver me speedily.’"
Psalms 31:2. Be thou my strong rock, for an house of defense to save me.
He remembered Adullam and Engedi, and he worked these places into his supplication. A man’s prayer should be the index of his life’s history. The scenes to which he has been most accustomed should rise up vividly before his spirit when he is at the throne of grace; it was so with David: "My God, be thou an immutable, immovable, impregnable rock to me, and let me dwell in thee. Be not merely a refuge for the moment, but be ‘a house of defense to save me.’"