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There is none who calls on your name, who stirs up himself to take hold of you; for you have hid your face from us, and have consumed us by means of our iniquities.
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Prayer is Active Effort
Commentators highlight that the phrase "stirreth up himself to take hold of thee" describes prayer as an active, energetic pursuit. It is not a passive ritual but a conscious effort to rouse oneself from spiritual laziness to earnestly seek God. Scholars describe this as wrestling with God in faith and pleading His promises, an act that requires deliberate effort against our natural spiritual sluggishness.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And there is none that calleth upon thy name - The nation is corrupt and degenerate. None worship God in sincerity.
That stirreth …
19th Century
Anglican
Hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. —Better, you have delivered us into the hand (namely, the power)
Baptist
And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee:
That is a wonderful description of pray…
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16th Century
Protestant
There is none that calleth on thy name. He confirms what was previously said; for he exhorts believers, even though God’s punishment of th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And there is none that calleth upon your name Upon the Lord himself, who is gracious and merciful, omnipotent, omniscient, and…
The people of God, in affliction, confess and bewail their sins, acknowledging themselves unworthy of His mercy. Sin is that abominable thing which…
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13th Century
Catholic
O that you would rend. Here the prophet offers a petition.
First, he asks for the presence of the judge; second, he asks …
