Psalms 88:2
Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine eare vnto my cry.
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- Psalms 31:2Rank 1 from verse 2
- Psalms 141:1–2Rank 2 from verse 2
1LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
2Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
1¶ LORD, I crie vnto thee, make haste vnto mee: giue eare vnto my voice, when I crie vnto thee.
2†Let my prayer bee set foorth before thee as incense: and the lifting vp of my hands as the Euening sacrifice.
- Lamentations 3:8Rank 3 from verse 2
- Psalms 79:11Rank 4 from verse 2
- 1 Kings 8:31Rank 5 from verse 2
31¶ If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:
31¶ If any man trespasse against his neighbour, †and an oath be laid vpon him to cause him to sweare, and the oath come before thine Altar in this house:
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Psalms 88:2
Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.
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To bend, bow, turn, tend, or direct toward; to direct one's attention or desire.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604
Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
1. A vocal call, shout, proclamation, alarm, wail, or other utterance, often loud. 2. An earnest appeal, prayer, complaint, or outcry for help, justice, or attention. 3. As a verb, to call out, shout, proclaim, wail, appeal, pray, or complain; figuratively, to bear urgent witness or demand notice.
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1O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
1¶ O LORD God of my saluation, I haue cried day and night before thee.
2Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
2Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine eare vnto my cry.
Selected passage3For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
3For my soule is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh vnto the graue.