8. O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer. Give me to go up to thy house, or if I may
not do so, yet let my cry be heard. Thou listenest to the united supplications
of thy saints, but do not shut out my solitary petition, unworthy though I be. Give ear, O God of Jacob. Though Jehovah of hosts, thou art also the covenant
God of solitary pleaders like Jacob. I wrestle here alone with thee, while the
company of thy people have gone on before me to happier scenes, and I beseech
thee bless me; for I am resolved to hold thee till thou speak the word of grace
into my soul. The repetition of the request for an answer to his prayer denotes
his eagerness for a blessing. What a mercy it is that if we cannot gather with
the saints, we can still speak to their Master. Selah. A pause was
needed after a cry so vehement, a prayer so earnest.
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