“"Because he has inclined his ear to me." "He inclined," he said, not that you might take some corporeal notion about God having ears and inclining them to a gentle voice, as we do, putting our ear close to those who speak low, so that by the nearness we may perceive what is said. But he said, "he inclined," in order t…”
Basil of Caesarea, 4th c. — HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 22
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2Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
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1I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
— Psalms 116:2 —
3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
4Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.