Psalms 88:2

Let my prayer come before thee,.... Not before men, as hypocrites desire, but before the Lord; let it not be shut out, but be admitted; and let it come with acceptance, as it does when it ascends…

Let my prayer come before thee - As if there were something which hindered it, or which had obstructed the way to the throne of grace; as if God repelled it from him, and turned away his ear, and…

It should seem, by the titles of this and the following psalm, that Heman was the penman of the one and Ethan of the other. There were two, of these names, who were sons of Zerah the son of Judah, Ch1…

come before thee Enter into thy presence (R.V. from P.B.V.). Cp. Psa 18:6; Psa 79:11.

my prayer … my cry Cp. Psa 17:1; Psa 61:1. The word for -cry" denotes a shrill piercing cry, frequently of joy,…