Verse 9
Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied ,.... Astonished, and so surprised as not to know what to say or do; or "asleep", as the Septuagint; taking no notice of us, and being altogether unconcerned what becomes of us; or, as one "dumb" F9 נדהם "obmutefactus", Fosterus, Mercerus, ; that will give no answer to our prayers:
as a mighty man that cannot save ? who, though he is able to save, yet, through want of a heart or will, does not exert his power:
yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us ; having his residence and dwelling in the temple at Jerusalem; and therefore was not a stranger and foreigner among them; and this carries in it an entreaty and an argument that he would not in his providence conduct towards them in such manner as though he was:
and we are called by thy name ; the people of God, the Israel of God, and the like:
leave us not ; in our distress and trouble, but deliver us out of it.
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