3. However ill things may look there is no ill in thee, O God! We
are very apt to think and speak hardly of God when we are under his afflicting
hand, but not so the obedient Son. He knows too well his Father’s goodness to
let outward circumstances libel his character. There is no unrighteousness with
the God of Jacob. If prayer be unanswered it is not because God is unfaithful.
If we cannot perceive any ground for the delay, we must leave the riddle
unsolved, but we must not fly in God’s face to invent an answer. While the
holiness of God is acknowledged and adored, the afflicted speaker in this verse
seems to marvel at how the holy God could forsake him, and be silent to his
cries. The argument is: Thou art holy; oh, why is it that thou dost disregard
thy holy One in his hour of sharpest anguish? We may not question the holiness
of God, but we may argue from it, and use it as a plea in our petitions.
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