19. But be not thou far from me, O God.
Invincible faith returns to the charge, and uses the same means, namely,
importunate prayer. He repeats the petition offered before. He wants nothing
but his God, even in his lowest state. He does not ask for the most comfortable
or nearest presence of God; he will be content if he is not far from him;
humble requests speed at the throne. O my strength, haste thee to help me.
Hard cases need timely aid; when necessity justifies it we may be urgent with
God as to time, but we must not do this out of willfullness. In the last degree
of weakness he calls the Lord my strength; after this fashion the
believer can sing, “when I am weak, then am I
strong.”
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