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Psalm 102:1a "Hear my prayer, O LORD..."

Day 84 – Psalm 102

“Hear my prayer, O LORD…” Psalm 102:1a

SUPERSCRIPTION

“A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before the LORD.”

1. Authorship

This was not disclosed. The psalm falls in the category of Psalms 91-100, where the authors are not named.

2. Content

a) This is a summary statement.
b) The word “complaint” simply denotes a petition brought before the Lord.

A HEARTFELT PRAYER

The psalmist offers a heart-felt prayer to the Lord. He expresses deep concern concerning the answering of his prayer to God.

“Hear my prayer, O LORD,
And let my cry come to You.
Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my trouble;
Incline Your ear to me;
In the day that I call, answer me speedily.”
Psalm 102:1-2

1. “Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come to You”

a) A humble plea.
b) A heartfelt cry to God in the day of trouble.

2. “Do not hide Your face from me”

a) God can hide His face for a number of reasons.
b) There was genuine concern that God could end up not hearing and answering this prayer.
c) A strong plea was brought to the Lord humbly.

3. “In the day that I call, answer me speedily”

a) This is not a demand but a very strong plea.
b) The context is “the day of trouble”.

The plea was for God to incline His ear favourably to the petition being brought to Him.