Sálmarnir 69:13

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13 (69:14) En ég bið til þín, Drottinn, á stund náðar þinnar. Svara mér, Guð, í trúfesti hjálpræðis þíns sakir mikillar miskunnar þinnar.

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my prayer: Psalms 55:16, Psalms 55:17, Psalms 91:15, Matthew 26:36-46, Luke 22:44, John 17:1-26; Hebrews 5:7, 1 Peter 2:23

in an: 1 Samuel 25:8, Esther 5:2, Esther 5:6, Esther 7:2, Isaiah 49:8, Isaiah 55:6, 2 Corinthians 6:2

in the: Psalms 40:10, Psalms 40:11, Psalms 98:3, Genesis 24:27, Micah 7:20, Luke 1:72, Acts 13:32, Acts 13:33, Romans 15:8, Romans 15:9

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 21:13 - great Psalms 5:7 - in the Psalms 6:4 - for Psalms 22:19 - O my Psalms 25:6 - thy tender mercies Psalms 32:6 - in the floods Psalms 51:1 - multitude Psalms 56:1 - Be Psalms 57:1 - be Psalms 69:16 - according Psalms 109:4 - but I Psalms 109:26 - save me Psalms 118:25 - Save Psalms 119:124 - Deal Psalms 123:3 - Have mercy Isaiah 45:19 - Seek Isaiah 58:5 - an acceptable Lamentations 3:55 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But as for me, my prayer [is] unto thee, O Lord,.... Christ betook himself to prayer in these circumstances, and not to railing and reviling again: he applied to his divine Father, and committed himself to him that judgeth righteously, and prayed both for himself and for his enemies too: and this he did

[in] an acceptable time; or "a time of good will" c; which was the time of his sufferings and death; so called, because the good will and pleasure of God was seen therein; in not sparing his Son, his own and only begotten Son, his beloved Son, and delivering him up to justice and death for the worst of sinners; and because at this time the good will of God was done: Christ laid down his life by the commandment of his Father, offered himself a sacrifice by the will of God, and hereby the law of God was fulfilled, justice satisfied, and the work of man's redemption finished; which was the pleasure of the Lord, that prospered in his hands; and therefore this must be an acceptable time to God. The sufferings of Christ were well pleasing to him; the sacrifice of Christ was for a sweet smelling savour; the righteousness of Christ was acceptable to him, the law being magnified and made honourable by it: peace was now made by the blood of his cross; the perfections of God were glorified, his purposes executed, his promises fulfilled, his covenant confirmed, and his people saved; and so a proper time for the Mediator to offer up his supplications and prayers, in which he was heard, as appears from Isaiah 49:8;

O God, in the multitude of thy mercy; these words, according to the accents in the Hebrew text, should be rendered in connection with the preceding words, thus: "in the time of good will, O God"; or "in the time of the good will of God, through the multitude of thy mercy"; and then the sense is, that the acceptable time was owing to the greatness of divine mercy; it was from hence that the dayspring from on high visited men; or Christ came in the flesh, and suffered in the room and stead of sinners; in which there was a wonderful display of the abundant mercy of God to men; for otherwise there was none shown to the surety and Saviour; he was not spared, but delivered up; and then it follows,

hear me, in the truth of thy salvation; or "because of", or "by thy true salvation" d; that which God contrived in council, and secured in covenant, and sent his Son to effect, and which he is become the author of, is a true and real salvation; not figurative and shadowy, as the salvation of Israel out of Egypt and Babylon were: or because of the truth and faithfulness of God, who had promised salvation to the Messiah, that he should be carried through his sufferings, be raised from the dead, and be crowned with glory and honour; and therefore he prays he might be heard on this account, and his prayer follows, and the several petitions in it.

c עת רצון "tempus beneplaciti", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, &c. d באמת ישעך "per salutem tuam veram", Gejerus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But as for me - In respect to my conduct and my feelings in these circumstances, and under this treatment.

My prayer is unto thee - I indulge in no reproaches of others, and no recriminations. I do not permit myself to indulge in any revengeful feelings. I give myself to prayer. I look to God alone. I keep up my devotions, I maintain my habits of religion, notwithstanding their reproaches, and revilings. I do not allow these things to alter my course of life. Compare the notes at Daniel 6:10.

In an acceptable time - A time that is well-pleasing to thee; a time when thou wilt hear me. See Isa. 49:83; Isaiah 61:2; 2 Corinthians 6:2. This implies

(a) that he had come to God when he was “disposed” to hear; and

(b) that he had heard him, and had answered his requests.

While others mocked, he continued to pray, and the Lord heard him. No time for prayer can be more “acceptable” to God than when others are reproaching us because we are his friends.

In the multitude of thy mercy hear me - In the abundance of thy mercy; or, in thy abounding compassion. This was the substance of his prayer.

In the truth of thy salvation - In the exercise of that faithfulness on which salvation depends; or which is manifested in the salvation of people. He prayed that God would show himself faithful to the promises which he had made to those who were seeking salvation.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 69:13. My prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time — This seems to refer to the end of the captivity, which Jeremiah had said should last seventy years, Jeremiah 25:11-12: "The whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon," c. The conclusion of this period was the accepted time of which the psalmist speaks. Now, they incessantly pray for the fulfilment of the promise made by Jeremiah: and to hear them, would be the truth of God's salvation it would show the promise to be true, because the salvation-the deliverance, was granted.