O my God, I cry in the daytime
In the time of his suffering on the cross, which was in the
daytime:
but thou hearest me not;
and yet he was always heard, ( John 11:41 John 11:42 ) ; though he
was not saved from dying, yet he was quickly delivered from the
power of death, and so was heard in that he feared, ( Hebrews 5:7 ) ;
and in the night season:
in the night in which he was in the garden, sorrowing and
praying, the night in which he was betrayed and was apprehended;
and though the natural desires of his human soul were not heard
and answered, that the cup might pass from him, yet his prayer in
submission to the will of God was: moreover, the daytime and
night season may design the incessant and continual prayer of
Christ; he prayed always, night and day:
and am not silent;
but continue to pray, though as yet seemingly not heard and
answered; or there is "no silence to me" F23; that
is, no rest from sorrow and pain; or "no likeness to me"
F24, there are none like me, no sorrow
like my sorrow, as in ( Lamentations
1:12 ) .
F23 (yl hymd al) "non est silentium mihi", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius; "intermissio", Cocceius; "quies", Gejerus; "cessatio, quies, aut silentium", Michaelis.
F24 "Non est mihi similitudo", Gussetius, p. 193.
