“I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.”
The appeal to God to hear the speaker's voice and tilt His ear toward the prayer invokes divine attentiveness and mercy. The plea to tilt the ear suggests that the speaker seeks not mere acknowledgment but genuine attention and engagement. The repetition of call for hearing emphasizes the speaker's desperation for God's intervention. This verse expresses the urgency of the petition and the speaker's need for divine response.
Church Fathers on Psalms 17:6
A prayer of David himself. 1. This prayer must be assigned to the Person of the Lord, with the addition of the Church, which is His body. 2. “Hear My righteousness, O God, consider My supplication” Psalm 16:1. “Hearken unto My prayer, not in deceitful lips:” not going forth to You in deceitful lips. “Let My judgment from Your countenance go forth” Psalm 16:2. From the enlightening of the knowledge of You, let Me judge truth. Or at least, let My judgment go forth, not in…
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