Psalm 65:2
O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. (KJV)
"The hearer of prayer" is an appellation of God that belongs exclusively to Him in that it demonstrates His omniscience, omnipotence and omnipresence.
a. Calvin: The Psalmist does not say, that God has heard prayer in this or that instance, but gives him the name of the hearer of prayer, as what constitutes an abiding part of his glory, so that he might as soon deny himself as shut his ear to our petitions. Could we only impress this upon our minds, that it is something peculiar to God, and inseparable from him, to hear prayer, it would inspire us with unfailing confidence. The power of helping us he can never want, so that nothing can stand in the way of a successful issue of our supplications.
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b. Gill: O thou that hearest prayer,.... So as to answer it sooner or later, in one way or another, and always in the fittest time, and in the best way; so as to fulfil the requests and supply the wants of men, so far as may be for their good, and God's glory; which is a proof of the omnipresence, omniscience, and all sufficiency of God; who can hear the prayers of his people in all places at the same time, and knows all their persons and wants, and what is most proper for them, and can and does supply all their needs, and causes all grace to abound towards them; and it also shows his wondrous grace and condescension, to listen to the cries and regard the prayers of the poor and destitute
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c. A. F. Kirkpatrick: O thou that hearest prayer] God is thus addressed, because He has given His people cause for the present thanksgiving by hearing their prayers. But the words are more than a reference to a particular answer to prayer. They proclaim that it is His inalienable attribute, His ‘nature and property,’ to hear and answer prayer. (The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges)
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d. Whedon: Thou that hearest prayer—A recognition of deity which gratitude dictates and experience attests
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e. Kretzmann: O Thou that hearest prayer, this being the special attribute of God
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Only God is to be prayed to.
O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. (KJV)
"The hearer of prayer" is an appellation of God that belongs exclusively to Him in that it demonstrates His omniscience, omnipotence and omnipresence.
a. Calvin: The Psalmist does not say, that God has heard prayer in this or that instance, but gives him the name of the hearer of prayer, as what constitutes an abiding part of his glory, so that he might as soon deny himself as shut his ear to our petitions. Could we only impress this upon our minds, that it is something peculiar to God, and inseparable from him, to hear prayer, it would inspire us with unfailing confidence. The power of helping us he can never want, so that nothing can stand in the way of a successful issue of our supplications.
http://www.studylight.org/commentari...gi?bk=18&ch=65
b. Gill: O thou that hearest prayer,.... So as to answer it sooner or later, in one way or another, and always in the fittest time, and in the best way; so as to fulfil the requests and supply the wants of men, so far as may be for their good, and God's glory; which is a proof of the omnipresence, omniscience, and all sufficiency of God; who can hear the prayers of his people in all places at the same time, and knows all their persons and wants, and what is most proper for them, and can and does supply all their needs, and causes all grace to abound towards them; and it also shows his wondrous grace and condescension, to listen to the cries and regard the prayers of the poor and destitute
http://www.studylight.org/commentari...gi?bk=18&ch=65
c. A. F. Kirkpatrick: O thou that hearest prayer] God is thus addressed, because He has given His people cause for the present thanksgiving by hearing their prayers. But the words are more than a reference to a particular answer to prayer. They proclaim that it is His inalienable attribute, His ‘nature and property,’ to hear and answer prayer. (The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges)
http://biblehub.com/commentaries/cam.../psalms/65.htm
d. Whedon: Thou that hearest prayer—A recognition of deity which gratitude dictates and experience attests
http://www.studylight.org/commentari...gi?bk=18&ch=65
e. Kretzmann: O Thou that hearest prayer, this being the special attribute of God
http://www.studylight.org/commentari...gi?bk=18&ch=65
Only God is to be prayed to.
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