Verse-by-Verse Bible CommentaryPsalms 66:19
But certainly God has heard; He has given heed to the voice of my prayer. Jump to: Clarke Commentary • Barne's Notes • Gill's Exposition • Trapp's Commentary • Poole's Annotations • Commentary Critical and Explanatory - Unabridged • Treasury of Knowledge Other Authors
Adam Clarke CommentaryVerily God hath heard me - A sure proof that my prayer was upright, and my heart honest, before him. Copyright Statement Bibliography Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole BibleBut verily God hath heard me … - That is, He has given me evidence that he has heard my prayer; and, in doing this, he has thus given me the assurance also that I do not regard iniquity in my heart. The evidence that he has heard me is at the same time proof to my mind that I do not love sin. As it is a settled and universal principle that God does not hear prayer when there is in the heart a cherished love and purpose of iniquity, so it follows that, if there is evidence that he has heard our prayers, it is proof that he has seen that our hearts are sincere, and that we truly desire to forsake all forms of sin. Copyright Statement Bibliography John Gill's Exposition of the Whole BibleBut verily God hath heard me,.... So that it was a plain case that he had not regarded iniquity in his heart; had not lived a vicious course of life, nor was an hypocrite; otherwise God would not have heard his prayer; whereas he had, and which is confirmed in the following clause; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer; which is an instance of the grace and condescension of God, and showed in what high favour the psalmist was with the Lord, and what regard he had unto him; and therefore could not be the man his enemies represented him to be. Copyright Statement Bibliography John Trapp Complete CommentaryPsalms 66:19 [But] verily God hath heard [me]; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. Ver. 19. But verily God hath heard me] As I well perceive by his answer, full and enlarged, as the cloud that riseth out of the earth in thin and insensible vapours, falleth down in great and abundant showers. Copyright Statement Bibliography Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy BibleWhich is a public vindication and a Divine testimony of my integrity against all my false accusers. Copyright Statement Bibliography Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - UnabridgedBut verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. But verily God hath heard me - which proves that no such hindrance to my deliverance as arises from hypocrisy or willful and habitual sin existed in my case. Conclusion: Copyright Statement Bibliography Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeBut verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
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