13. But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord. He turned to Jehovah in
prayer as being the most natural thing for the godly to do in their distress.
To whom should a child turn but his Father? He did not answer them; like a
sheep before her shearers he was dumb to them, but he opened his mouth unto the
Lord his God, for he would hear and deliver. Prayer stands us in good stead in
every evil day. In an acceptable time. It was a time of rejection with
man, but of acceptance with God. Sin ruled on earth, but grace reigned in
heaven. There is to each of us an accepted time, and woe be to us if we let it
slip away. God’s time must be our time, or we shall look in vain for space for
repentance. O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me. Even the
perfect one makes his appeal to the rich mercy of God; much more should we. To
misery no attribute is more sweet than mercy, and when sorrows multiply, the
multitude of mercy is much prized. When enemies are more than the hairs of our
head, they are yet to be numbered, but God’s mercies are altogether
innumerable, and let it never be forgotten that every one of them is an
available and powerful argument in the hand of faith. In the truth of thysalvation. Jehovah’s faithfulness is a further mighty plea. His salvation
is no fiction, no mockery, no changeable thing; therefore he is asked to
manifest it, and make everyone see his fidelity to his promise. Our Lord
teaches us here the sacred art of wrestling in prayer, and ordering our cause
with arguments; and he also indicates to us that the nature of God is the great
treasury of strong reasons, which will be to us most prevalent in supplication.
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