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Psalms 102:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.


Psalms 102:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 102:18 words
HebrewMeaning
תְּ֭פִלָּהtəpilāh
a prayernounH8605
לְ/עָנִ֣יləʿāniy
of an afflicted personpronH6041
humble · lowly · needy · poor
כִֽיkiy
ifconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יַעֲטֹ֑ףyaʿăṭōp
he grows faintverbH5848
fail · faint · feebler · hide self ···
וְ/לִ/פְנֵ֥יwəlipənēy
and beforeconjH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
יְ֝הוָ֗הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
יִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְyišəpōkə
he pours outverbH8210
gush out · pour · shed(-der · out) ···
שִׂיחֽ/וֹśiyḥwō
complaint hisnounH7879
communication · complaint · meditation · prayer ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 102:1

1. Behold, one poor man prays, and prays not in silence. We may therefore hear him, and see who he is: whether it be not perchance He, of whom the Apostle says, “Though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might be rich.” 2 Corinthians 8:9 If it is He, then, how is He poor? For in what sense He is rich, who sees not? What then is richer than He, by whom riches were made, even those which are not true riches? For through Him we have even…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 102 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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