Isaiah 41:17. When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, -
They have come to such a state that they cannot even tell their wants; they do not know how to speak to others about their grief, or even to describe it to themselves. "Their tongue faileth for thirst." What then?
Isaiah 41:17. I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
"But, Lord, they could not speak. Didst thou not say, ‘Their tongue faileth’? Yet thou sayest, ‘I the Lord will hear them.’" It shows, dear friends, that a groan is a prayer, a sigh is a prayer, and that, even if we cannot get as far as to sigh or groan, our very hunger and thirst make up a prayer before God: "I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them."
Isaiah 41:17. When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, -
They have come to such a state that they cannot even tell their wants; they do not know how to speak to others about their grief, or even to describe it to themselves. "Their tongue faileth for thirst." What then?
Isaiah 41:17. I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
"But, Lord, they could not speak. Didst thou not say, ‘Their tongue faileth’? Yet thou sayest, ‘I the Lord will hear them.’" It shows, dear friends, that a groan is a prayer, a sigh is a prayer, and that, even if we cannot get as far as to sigh or groan, our very hunger and thirst make up a prayer before God: "I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them."