11. This is the petition for which he has been using such varied and
powerful pleas. His great woe was that God had forsaken him; his great prayer
is that he would be near him. A lively sense of the divine presence is a mighty
stay to the heart in times of distress. For trouble is near; for there isnone to help. There are two fors, as though faith gave a double knock at
mercy’s gate; that is a powerful prayer which is full of holy reasons and
thoughtful arguments. The nearness of trouble is a weighty motive for divine
help; this moves our Heavenly Father’s heart, and brings down his helping hand.
It is his glory to be our very present help in trouble. Our Substitute had
trouble in his inmost heart, for he said, “the waters have come in, even unto my soul”; well might he cry, be not far from me. The absence of all
other helpers is another telling plea. In our Lord’s case none either could or
would help him; yet it was a sore aggravation to find that all his disciples
had forsaken him, and lover and friend were put far from him. There is an
awfulness about absolute friendlessness which is crushing to the human mind,
for man was not made to be alone, and is like a dismembered limb when he has to
endure heart-loneliness.
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