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Psalm 88:2

Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.

1A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Suffering of Affliction.” A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite. LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.
2Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.
3For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.
4I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,
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The plea for God to turn his ear names the longing to be heard when trouble leaves little room for more than a cry.

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Where else Scripture says this

6 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 17:6I have called on you, for you will answer me, God. Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.Both prayers ask God to turn his ear toward the speaker; Psalm 17 also expresses confidence that God will answer.
Psalm 31:2Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.Both speakers ask for God's ear, with Psalm 31 extending the plea into requests for rescue and protection.
Psalm 141:1–2A Psalm by David. LORD, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.Both prayers ask God to listen to a voice calling out to him, with Psalm 141 adding urgency about his coming.
Lamentations 3:8Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.Both concern a cry reaching God: Psalm 88 asks for entrance, while Lamentations describes prayer being shut out.
Psalm 79:11Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.Both ask that distress come before God, expressed as a cry in Psalm 88 and a prisoner's sighing in Psalm 79.
1 Kings 8:31“If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house,The limited link is coming before God: a cry seeks his presence, while an oath is sworn before his altar.
Where this verse fits

Feeling distant from God. grief. illness or diagnosis.

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Encouragement

Your prayer need not sound composed. Here, a troubled person asks God to hear a cry, and the request stands without a report of relief.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).