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Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
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Praying When God Feels Distant
The psalmist's plea, "Consider and answer me," reflects a feeling of being unseen by God. John Calvin explains this is not a statement that God is absent, but an honest expression of human feeling. When God feels distant, it is right to cry out, asking Him to "look" and act, trusting by faith that He is already watching over us.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Consider and hear me - literally, “Look, hear me.” God had seemed to avert His face as if He would not even look upon him ([Referen…
19th Century
Anglican
Lighten. —Literally, give light to my eyes that I may not go to sleep in death, that is, go to sleep and never wake; “sle…
Baptist
When it is dark, very dark, we get drowsy. Sorrow induces sleep. Remember how the Saviour found the disciples sleeping for sorrow. Therefore David …
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16th Century
Protestant
Look upon me, answer me. When God does not promptly provide assistance to His servants, it seems to the eye of sense that He does not beho…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Consider [and] hear me, O Lord my God The psalmist amidst all his distresses rightly applies to God by prayer, claim…
13th Century
Catholic
1. In the preceding psalm, the psalmist described the deceitfulness of his adversaries; here he begs God for a remedy against them. The titl…
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