And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry
Not only deal out thy bread, but thy soul also, to him; that is,
give him food cheerfully, with a good will, expressing a hearty
love and affection for him; do it heartily, as to the Lord; let
thy soul go along with it; and this is true of affectionate
ministers of the Gospel, who not only impart that, but their own
souls also, ( 1
Thessalonians 2:8 ) : and satisfy the afflicted
soul;
distressed for want of food; not only give it food, but to the
full; not only just enough to support life, but to satisfaction;
or so as to be filled with good things, or however a sufficiency
of them: then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy
darkness be as the
noonday;
in the midst of darkness of affliction, or desertion, the light
of prosperity and joy shall spring up, and a dark night of sorrow
and distress become a clear day of peace and comfort; see (
Psalms
112:4 ) ( Isaiah 42:16
) , at evening time it shall be light, ( Zechariah
14:7 ) .
Isaiah 58:10
