14. Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink. He turns into prayer the very words of his complaint; and it is well
if, when we complain, we neither feel nor say anything which we should fear to
utter before the Lord as a prayer. We are allowed to ask for deliverance from
trouble as well as for support under it; both petitions are here combined. How
strange it seems to hear such language from the Lord of glory. Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. Both from his
foes, and the griefs which they caused him, he seeks a rescue. God can help us
in all ways, and we may, therefore, put up a variety of requests without fear
of exceeding our liberty to ask, or his ability to answer.
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