Let all the seed of Israel fear him: because he hath not slighted nor despised the supplication of the poor man. Neither hath he turned away his face from me: and when I cried to him he heard me.
Radak
For He hath not despised: – And so will they say when they give thanks as they come forth from the exile: “When we were in exile He did not despise nor abhor our affliction wherewith we were afflicted.” nor abhorred (שׁקץ): – (This word) has the meaning of תועבה (abomination), as (Lev. 11:43): “Ye shall not make yourselves abominable (תשׁקצו).” the affliction: – (עֱנוּת here) is a noun having the sense of עני (afflicted). Some, however (Targumist, Rashi, and others besides), interpret ענות as the “prayer.” of the afflicted: – viz. that which he answers with his mouth, as (Prov. 16:1): “the answer (מענה) of the tongue.” Neither hath He hid His face from him; But when he cried unto Him, He heard: – (שָׁמֵעַ here) is perfect of the verb of the form (חָפֵץ in) “because he had delight (חָפֵץ) in Jacob's daughter” (Gen. 34:19).
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