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Salmos 55:17
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Tarde y ma�ana y � medio d�a orar� y clamar�; Y �l oir� mi voz.
Tarde y ma�ana y a mediod�a orar� y clamar�; y �l oir� mi voz.
Tarde y ma�ana y a mediod�a hablo y bramo; y �l oir� mi voz.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Evening: Psalms 5:2, Psalms 5:3, Psalms 119:62, Psalms 119:147, Psalms 119:148, Daniel 6:10, Daniel 6:13, Mark 1:35, Mark 6:46, Mark 6:48, Luke 18:1-7, Acts 3:1, Acts 10:3, Acts 10:9, Acts 10:30, Ephesians 6:18, 1 Thessalonians 5:17
cry: Job 19:7, Lamentations 3:8, Hebrews 5:7
Reciprocal: Exodus 29:39 - in the morning 1 Samuel 1:19 - they rose Nehemiah 1:6 - day and night Psalms 4:3 - the Lord Psalms 22:2 - I cry Psalms 69:13 - my prayer Psalms 77:1 - I cried Psalms 86:3 - for I Psalms 88:9 - called Psalms 109:4 - but I Psalms 116:2 - therefore Psalms 119:164 - Seven times Jeremiah 18:19 - Give Micah 7:7 - I will look Matthew 6:5 - when Acts 10:2 - and prayed Romans 12:12 - continuing Philippians 4:6 - in Colossians 4:2 - Continue
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray,.... These being the stated times of prayer with the Jews, and which continued to later ages, Daniel 6:10. These times, they say b, were fixed by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: the morning prayer by Abraham, according to Genesis 22:3, the prayer of the "minchah" by Isaac, according to Genesis 24:63; and the evening prayer by Jacob, according to Genesis 28:11. The prayer of the evening was at the time of the evening sacrifice, to which it is compared, Psalms 141:2. This was at the ninth hour, at which time Peter and John went up to the temple to pray; and Cornelius prayed in his own house, Acts 3:1. The prayer of the morning was at the time of the morning daily sacrifice, and was about the third hour of the day; at which time the apostles met together for prayer on the day of Pentecost, Acts 2:1; and that at noon was at the sixth hour of the day; at which time Peter went up to the housetop to pray, Acts 10:9. And now, though we are not tied down to these exact and precise times of prayer, yet this teaches us that we ought to pray frequently and constantly, and that a day should not pass without it; and the morning and evening seem to be very proper seasons for it, seeing the mercies of the Lord are new every morning; and we should be thankful for them and the mercies of the night past, and implore divine protection and grace for the day following; and at evening we should express our thankfulness for the mercies of the day, and commit ourselves and families into the hands of God, who is Israel's Keeper, that neither slumbers nor sleeps;
and cry aloud; denoting the distress he was in, the fervency of his prayer, and the importunity of it;
and he shall hear my voice; this he might be assured of, from the general character of God, as a God hearing prayer, and from his own special and particular experience of the truth of it, and from the promises made unto him.
b Yalkut Simeoni in loc.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray - In another place Psalms 119:164 the psalmist says that he engaged in acts of devotion seven times in a day. Daniel prayed three times a day, Daniel 6:10. David went, in his troubles, before God evening, morning, and mid-day, in solemn, earnest prayer. So Paul, in a time of great distress, gave himself on three set occasions to earnest prayer for deliverance. See the notes at 2 Corinthians 12:8. This verse, therefore, does not prove that it was a regular habit of David to pray three times a day; but in view of the passage, it may be remarked
(a) that it is proper to have regular seasons for devotion, of frequent occurrence; and
(b) that there are favorable and suitable times for devotion.
The morning and the evening are obviously appropriate; and it is well to divide the day also by prayer - to seek, at mid-day, the rest titan bodily and mental toil which is secured by communion with God - and to implore that strength which we need for the remaining duties of the day. True religion is cultivated by frequent and regular seasons of devotion.
And cry aloud - The word here employed properly means to murmur; to make a humming sound; to sigh; to growl; to groan. See the notes at Psalms 42:5. Here the language means that he would give utterance to his deep feelings in appropriate tones - whether words, sighs, or groans. To the deep thoughts and sorrows of his soul he would often give suitable expression before God.
And he shall hear my voice - The confident language of faith, as in Psalms 55:16.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 55:17. Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray — This was the custom of the pious Hebrews. See Daniel 6:10. The Hebrews began their day in the evening, and hence David mentions the evening first. The rabbins say, Men should pray three times each day, because the day changes three times. This was observed in the primitive Church; but the times, in different places, were various. The old Psalter gives this a curious turn: "At even I sall tel his louing (praise) what tim Crist was on the Crosse: and at morn I sall schew his louing, what tim he ros fra dede. And sua he sall here my voyce at mid day, that is sitand at the right hand of his fader, wheder he stegh (ascended) at mid day."
