Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great
vision
Which was great indeed, both with respect to the object now seen,
and with respect to the subject matter, the things afterwards
revealed, the nature, use, and importance of them; and it was so
wisely ordered by the Lord, that the men with Daniel should be
seized with a panic, and flee and leave him alone; that they
being removed from him, he might have the secrets of the Lord
revealed to him as a peculiar favourite of his, and hear and see
the things he did: and there remained no strength in
me:
either through the intenseness of his mind upon the object before
him, and to what he said; or through the awe he was struck with
at the sight of him; his blood running back to the heart to
secure that; his nerves loosened; his hands weak and hanging
down; his knees feeble, and spirits faint, just ready to sink and
swoon away: for my comeliness was turned in me into
corruption;
the form of his countenance was marred; his forehead wrinkled;
his eyes sunk; the sprightliness and vivacity of them gone; his
cheeks turned pale; his lips quivering; his joints trembling; his
vigour and health impaired; all nature convulsed; and he lifeless
and spiritless, like a dead carcass: and I retained no
strength;
or, "restrained" F19 it not; his strength; could not
keep it from going out of him, either of body or mind; he could
not rally the powers of nature, so depressed was he with the
vision: all which is observed, both to exaggerate the greatness
of the vision, and the favour and goodness of God after shown
him; as well as to observe the weakness of human nature, not
being able to bear the sight of a divine Person, or such
discoveries the Lord is sometimes pleased to make, without being
strengthened and supported in an extraordinary manner.