5. In due season the Lord will hear
his elect ones, who cry day and night to him, and though he bear long with
their oppressors, yet will he avenge them speedily. Observe that the mere
oppression of saints, however silently they bear it, is in itself a cry to God:
Moses was heard at the Red Sea, though he said nothing. Jesus feels with his
people, and their smarts are mighty orators with him. By-and-by, however, they
begin to sigh and express their misery, and then relief comes post-haste.
Nothing moves a father like the cries of his children. The needy did not dare
to speak, and could only sigh in secret, but the Lord heard, and could rest no
longer, but girded on his sword for the battle. Jesus will come to deliver just
when his needy ones sigh as if all hope had gone forever. Should the afflicted
reader be able to lay hold upon the promise of this verse, let him gratefully
fetch a fullness of comfort from it. He who promises to set us in safety, means
thereby preservation on earth, and eternal salvation in heaven.
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