3, 4.-Exod. xxii. 23. 27. 2 Chron. vii. 14, &c. See the Qualifications of those whose prayers shall be heard, for to them the above promises do belong. | xvii. 1. 6. O God, incline thine ear unto me. Ps. lv. 1.-lxxi. 2.-lxxxvi. 6.-lxxxviii. Isa. xxxvii. 17. Dan. ix. 18. 2. xxxix. 12. Hear my prayer; give ear to my cry. Ps. lxxxiv. 8.-cxli. 1.-exliii. 1. iv. 1. Hear my prayer. Ps. xiii. 3.—xx. 9. CXCIV. Declarations of God that he hath-xxvii. 7.-xxx. 10.-xxxviii. 16.-liv. 2.— heard prayer. 1 Kings ix. 3. The Lord said Iv. 2.—-lx. 5.—lxi. 1.—lxix. 13.—lxxxiv. 8. to Solomon, I have heard thy prayer. See 2-cii. 1. 20.-cxli. 2.-cxliii. 1. Neh. iv. Kings xx. 5. 2 Chron. vii. 12. Isa. xxxviii. 5. 4. Dan. ix. 19. 2 Kings xix. 20. Thus saith the Lord to Hezekiah, That which thou hast prayed against CXCVIII. Their grief at not being anthe king of Assyria, I have heard. Ch. xxii.swered. Job xix. 7. I cry, but am not heard. 19. 2 Chron. xxxiv. 27. Ch. xxx. 20. Isa. xlix. 8. In an acceptable time I have heard thee. CXCV. The testimony of God's people that their prayers were heard. Deut. ix. 19. Moses said, The Lord hearkened to me. Ch. x. 10. xxvi. 7. We cried unto the Lord God of our fathers; the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction and our labour and our oppression. Numb. xx. 16. 2 Sam. xxii. 7. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of his holy temple, and my cry did enter into his ears. Ps. iii. 4.-xviii. 6. Ps. vi. 9. The Lord hath heard my supplication, the Lord will receive my prayer. Ver. 8. Ps. xxviii. 6.-xxxi. 22. xxii. 21. Thou hast heard me. Ver. 24. Ps. xl. 1.-cxviii. 21.-cxx. 1. xxxiv. 4. I sought the Lord; he heard me and delivered me from all my fears. Ps. Ixi. 5.-lxvi. 19.-lxxvii. 1.—cxvi. 1 to 4.-cxix. 26. Lam. iii. 56. Jonah ii. 2. Out of the belly of hell I cried, xx. 15, 16. and thou heardest my voice. John xi. 41. Jesus said, Father, I thank thee Israel and overtook them. that thou hast heard me. CXCVI. Their confident expectations that their prayers shall be heard. Ps. iv. 3. The Lord will hear when I call on him. xiv. 9, 10. The Egyptians pursued after And they were sore afraid, and cried unto the Lord.-Ver. 30. And the Lord saved Israel out of the hand of the Egyptians. Josh. xxiv. 7. Ps. cvi. 44.-cvii. throughout. Judg. iv. 13, 14, 15. Israel delivered from x. 17. Lord, thou wilt cause thine ear to Jabin, and Sisera his captain. hear. Judg. x. 6 to 16. Ch. xi. 33. 1 Sam. vii. 8. xvii. 6. Thou wilt hear me, O God. Ps. 10, 11. Israel delivered from the Philistines. xxxviii. 15. 2 Kings xiii. 4, 5. Delivered from the Sy Iv. 17. I will pray and cry aloud, and herians. Ch. v. vi. xviii. shall hear my voice. CXCVII. Their entreaties that they may be heard. 2 Kings xix. 16. O Lord, bow down thine ear and hear, &c. 2 Chron. vi. 40. O God, I beseech thee, let thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent to the prayer that is made in this place. 1 Kings viii. 30. 50. Neh. i. 6. 11. Ps. cxxx. 2. Ps. v. 1. Give ear unto my words, O Lord. Ps. liv. 2. 2 Chron. xiii. 14, 15. Delivered from Jeroboam. 2 Chron. xiv. 2 to 12. Delivered from the Ethiopians. 2 Chron. xxxii. 20, 22. Delivered from the Assyrian army. 2 Kings xix. 35. See Prayer with humility, confession and turning from sin. See also Prayers of kings and prophets, Command. 5th, which afford instances of prayer prevailing for deliverance from enemies, CCI. Prayers against evil from enemies. | lxxxiii. 16.—lxxxvi. 17.—lxxxix. 42.—cii. 8. ̧ Deut. xxxiii. 7. Be thou a help to Judah from his enemies. Ps. iii. 1. Lord, how are they increased that trouble me!-Ver. 4. I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me. v. 8. Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness, because of mine enemies. vi. 7. Mine eye is consumed because of grief: it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.-Ver. 10. Let them be ashamed. vii. 6. Lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies. xvii. 9. Keep me from my deadly enemies. xviii. 3. I will call upon the Lord; so shall I be saved from mine enemies. Ver. 4, 5, 6. 40. xxvii. 11, 12. Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. Deliver me not over to the will of mine enemies. xxx. 1. Thou hast not made my foes to rejoice over me: I cried unto the Lord. Ver. 8.-Lord, be thou mine helper. Ver. 10. xxxi. 11. I was a reproach among all mine enemies. Ver. 15. 18. Ps. xxxviii. 19. 21.xli. 5. I said unto the Lord, Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies. xliv. 4. O God, command deliverances for Jacob. Ver. 5. 23. lv. 1. 3. Give ear unto my prayer, O God; because of the voice of the enemy.-Ver. 18. He hath delivered my soul from battle that was against me. Ivi. 9. When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back. cix. 1.-cxix. 98. 157.-cxxxviii. 7. CCII. Prayer in trouble; instances thereof. Neh. ix. 32. O God, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us. Ps. iv. 1. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me in distress. xx. 1. The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble. xxii. 11. Be not far from me, for trouble is near; for there is none to help. XXV. 17. The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses. Ver. 22. Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. xxx. 7, 8. Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled; I cried unto the Lord. Thou hast girded me with gladness. Ver. 11. xxxi. 9, 10. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble. My life is spent with grief. xl. 1. I waited for the Lord: he brought me out of a horrible pit. Ver. 2. 1. 15. Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee. lx. 11. Give us help from trouble, for vain is the help of man. Ixi. 2. I will cry unto thee when my heart is overwhelmed. lxix. 17. Hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble. Ixxi. 20. Thou hast shewed me great and sore troubles: thou wilt quicken me again. lxxvii, 2. In the day of my trouble I sought lix. 1. Deliver me from mine enemies, O the Lord.-Ver. 14. Thou art the God that my God. Ps. cxliii. 9. exliii. 1.3. Hear my prayer, for the enemy hath persecuted my soul. Acts iv. 18. The rulers of the Jews commanded the apostles not to speak nor teach in the name of Jesus.-Ver. 29. The disciples prayed and said, Lord, behold their threatenings, and grant unto thy servants, that with boldness they may speak thy word.-Ver. 31. And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and spake the word of God with boldness. Rev. vi. 9, 10. Under the altar in heaven, John saw the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth. See also, Ps. ix. 13. -x. 1. 12.—xiii. 2, 3, 4.-xxv. 2. 19.-xxxv. 19.-xxxvi. 11.—xlii. 9, 10.—xliii. 2.—lxi. 3. Ixiv. 1.-xvi. 12. 17. 19.-lxix. 12, 13. 18. -lxxi. 10. 12.-lxxiv. 3. 10. 18.-lxxx. 6.— doest wonders. lxxxi. 7. Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee. lxxxvi. 7. In the day of trouble I will call upon thee; for thou wilt answer me. lxxxviii. 2. Let my prayer come before thee; for I am full of trouble.-Ver. 3. xci. 15. He shall call upon me, I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble. cii. 2. Hide not thy face from me, in the day when I am in trouble. cvii. 6. They cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. Ver. 13. 19. 28. cxvi. 3, 4. I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I on the name of the Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee deliver my soul.-Ver. 7. The Lord dealt bountifully with me. cxviii. 5. I called upon the Lord in distress, and the Lord answered me. cxx. 1. In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me. cxxx. 1, 2. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice; let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my sup-| back from the Lord, and those that have not plications. sought the Lord, nor inquired for him. James iv. 2. Ye have not, because ye ask not. cxxxviii. 3. In the day when I cried thou answeredst me.-Ver. 7. Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me.Ver. 8. Forsake not the works of thine own hands. cxlii. 2, 3. I poured out my complaint; I shewed before him my trouble. When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. exliii. 11. For thy righteousness' sake, bring my soul out of trouble. Isa. xxvi. 16. O Lord, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them. xxxiii. 2. O Lord, be gracious unto us: be thou our salvation in time of trouble. Jer. xiv. 8. O the hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land? Ver. 20. Lam. iii. 55, 56. I called upon the name of the Lord, out of the low dungeon. Thou heardst my voice. Jonah i. 6. The ship-master in danger said unto Jonah, Arise and call upon thy God. CCIII. Of prayerless persons; or of not praying. Job xxi. 15. The wicked say, What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit shall we have if we pray unto him? Mal. iii. 14. xxxvi. 13. Hypocrites cry not when he bindeth them. Ps. x. 4. The wicked through the pride of his countenance will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. xiv. 4. Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as bread, and call not upon the Lord? Ps. liii. 4. Isa. xliii. 22. Thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; thou hast been weary of me, O Israel, &c.-Ver. 28. Therefore have I profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches. Jer. x. 25. Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name. Ps. lxxix. 6. Dan. ix. 13, 14. All this evil is come upon us, yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God; that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us. Hos. vii. 7. There is none among them that calleth unto me. Ver. 13, 14. Woe unto them, for they have fled from me. They have not cried unto me, when they howled upon their beds. Zeph. i. 4. 6. I will cut off them that turned Ps. CCIV. The prayers of hypocrites. lxxviii. 34. When God slew them, then they sought him, and inquired early after God.Ver. 36, 37. Nevertheless they flattered him with their mouth: Their heart was not right with him. Ps. 1. 16. Ezek. xxxiii. 31. With their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. Isa. xxix. 13. Jer. xii. 2. Matt. vi. 5. When thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. xv. 8, 9. This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. In vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. xxiii. 14. Woe unto you hypocrites, for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers. Mark xii. 40. CCV. Prayers of the wicked not acceptable to God. Job xxxv. 13. God will not hear vanity. Ps. lxvi. 18. If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me. sin. cix. 7. Let the prayer of the wicked become Prov. i. 27, 28. When distress and anguish cometh, then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me.-Ver. 29. For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord. xv. 8. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord. Ch. xxi. 27. Isa. i. 4. Ah! sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity.-Ver. 11. To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to me, saith the Lord?-Ver. 15. When ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; when ye make many prayers I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. lix. 1, 2. The Lord's hand is not shortened that it cannot save, nor his ear heavy that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. Isa. lxvi. 3. Jer. vi. 19, 20. Behold I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts; because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it. Your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. Ch. vii. 20, 21, 22. Amos v. 22, 23. xi. 10, 11. They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words. Therefore thus saith the Lord, I will bring evil upon them, and though they cry unto me I will not hearken unto them. Ver. 14. Pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry nor a prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble. See Ch. xiv. 11, 12. Ezek. viii. 18. Mic. iii. 4. Zech. vii. 13. Job xxvii. 9. Lam. iii. 42. 44. Matt. xv. 8, 9. John ix. 31. The prayers of the wicked answered with reproofs and threatenings, Ps. 1. 16. Jer. xxxii. 16 to 25. 44.-xxxvii. 3 to 6.-xlii. 2 to 9. Zech. vii. 2. 4 to 14. OF PRAISING GOD. CCVI. Praise and thanks due unto God, and required by him from the righteous. Exod. xv. 11. Who is like unto thee, O Lord, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? 1 Chron. xvi. 25. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised. Ps. xlviii. I. Isa. xlii. 8. My glory will I not give to another, nor my praise to graven images. Ver. 10. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth. Ch. xliii. 21. Jer. xx. 13. Phil. iv. 6. In every thing, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. Col. ii. 7. Abounding in faith, with thanksgiving. iii. 15. Let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which ye are called; and be ye thankful. 1 Pet. ii. 9. Ye are a chosen generation, to shew forth the praises of him that called you. PRAISE. CCVII. Praises from the wicked unacceptable to God. Amos iv. 2. The Lord will take you away with hooks.-Ver. 5. Offer a thanksgiving with leaven: for this liketh you. -Ver. 6. I have given you cleanness of teeth, and want of bread, &c. v. 22. Though ye offer burnt-offerings and meat-offerings, I will not accept them.-Ver. 24. But let judgment run down like waters, &c. Luke xviii. 11. The Pharisee said, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men:-yet Ps. xlvii. 7. God is King of all the earth; he went not to his house justified. sing ye praises with understanding. 1. 14. Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thy vows to the most High.-Ver. 23. Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me. Ixvi. 2. Sing forth the honour of his name; make his praise glorious.-Ver. 4. All the earth shall sing to thy name. Ixviii. 4. Sing unto God; sing praises to his name; extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH.-Ver. 32. Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth. lxix. 30, 31. I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving. This shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock. xcii. 1, 2. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, Ó Most High. To shew forth thy loving-kindness every morning, and thy faithfulness every night. Ps. cxxxv. 3. xcvi. 2. Sing unto the Lord, bless his name, shew forth his salvation from day to day. cvii. 22. Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing. cxlv. 3. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; his greatness is unsearchable. Ps. xcvi. 4. CCVIII. The wicked unthankful. Rom. i. 21. When they knew God they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful. 2 Tim. iii. 2. Men shall be lovers of their own selves, &c. unthankful, unholy. CCIX. Praise must be frequent. Ps. xxxiv. 1. I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall be continually in my mouth. xxxv. 28. My tongue shall speak of thy righteousness, and of thy praise all the day long. Ixiii. 4. I will bless thee while I live. exi. 1. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart. Ps. cxxxviii. 1. cxix. 164. Seven times a day do I praise thee, because of thy righteous judgments. exlv. 2. Every day will I bless thee, and will praise thy name for ever and ever. CCX. With sincerity. Ps. cxi. 1. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart. 1 Cor. xiv. 15. I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding. Ps. xlvii. 7. Eph. v. 19. Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns, and spiritual songs, singcl. 6. Let every thing that hath breath ing and making melody in your hearts to the praise the Lord. Lord. Col. iii. 16. Singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. CCXI. God prepareth his people for his praise, or divine influences therefor. Ps. li. 15. O Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. cxix. 171. My lips shall utter praise when thou hast taught thy law to me.-Ver. 175. Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee. Isa. xliii. 21. This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. Ixi. 11. The Lord will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth. Jer. xiii. 11. I have caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel, and the whole house of Judah, saith the Lord, that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory; but they would not hear. xxxiii. 8, 9. I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, and will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise, and an honour before all nations of the earth. Ver. 11. Hos. xiv. 2. Take away all our iniquity, &c. so will we render the calves of our lips. Matt. xxi. 16. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise. Ps. viii. 2. CCXII. Thanking God through Christ. Rom. i. 8. I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of through the whole world. vii. 24, 25. Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord;-1 Cor. xv. 57, who giveth us the victory:-2 Cor. ii. 14, which causeth us to triumph in Christ. Phil. i. 11. The fruits of righteousness are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. Heb. xiii. 15. By him let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name. Eph. v. 20. Give thanks always for all things unto God, and the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. CCXIII. Praise is a part of public wor ship. Ps. ix. 11. Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion; declare among the people his doings.-Ver. 13, 14. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, that I may shew forth thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. xxii. 22. In the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.-Ver. 25. My praise shall De of thee in the great congregation. xxvi. 8. O Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. Ver. 12. In the congregations will I bless the Lord. xxvii. 4. One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and inquire in his temple.-Ver. 6. I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy: I will sing praises unto the Lord. XXXV. 18. I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. xlii. 2. When shall I come and appear before God?-Ver. 5. I shall yet praise him. Ivii. 9. I will praise thee among the people; I will sing unto thee among the nations.Ver. 10. For thy mercy is great unto the hea vens, and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. Ps. cviii. 3.—cix. 30. lxv. 1. Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion. lxxxiv. 4. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; they will be still praising thee. lxxxix. 5. The heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord; thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.-Ver. 7. God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all that are about him. xcv. 2. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, &c. Ver. 3. c. 4. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise. cii. 21, 22. Declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; when the people are gathered together to serve the Lord. cvii. 32. Let them exalt him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. cxi. 1. I will praise the Lord in the assembly of the upright. cxvi. 18, 19. I will pay my vows unto the Lord in the presence of all his people, in the courts of the Lord's house. cxviii. 19. Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord. cxxxiv. 2. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord. cxxxv. 19. Bless the Lord, O house of Israel; Bless the Lord, O house of Aaron.-Ver. 21. Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, which dwelleth in Jerusalem: praise ye the Lord. cxxxviii. 1. I will praise thee with my whole heart; before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. See Neh. viii. 6.—ix. 5. Ps. cxlvii. 7. 12.-cxlix. 1.-cl. 1, 2. 6. Isa. lxiv. 11. Heb. ii. 12. Rev. vii. 12. |