“Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.”
God's attention is requested: "Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; listen to my cry of supplication." The double request for divine attention (give ear, listen) emphasizes the urgency and importance of the prayer. The distinction between prayer and supplication suggests both formal petition and urgent cry.
Church Fathers on Psalms 86:6
1. No greater gift could God have given to men than in making His Word, by which He created all things, their Head, and joining them to Him as His members: that the Son of God might become also the Son of man, one God with the Father, one Man with men; so that when we speak to God in prayer for mercy, we do not separate the Son from Him; and when the Body of the Son prays, it separates not its Head from itself: and it is one Saviour of His Body, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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