Hide not thy face from me in the day [when] I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day [when] I call answer me speedily.

Ver. 2. Hide not thy face from me] For this would be worse than all the rest. See Jeremiah 16:13, "I will cast you out of this land, and I will show you no favour." This last was a cutting speech, and far worse than their captivity; and yet,

Non exul curae dicitur esse Deo.

Answer me speedily] Festina, responde. In our earnest prayers we may press for expedition in general, not tying God to any particular time, as those Bethulians did in the Book of Judith.

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