19 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
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He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him - Of those who worship him with reverence - those who are his true friends. See the notes at Matthew 7:7-8; notes at John 14:13; notes at 1-John 5:14; notes at Psalm 34:15.
He also will hear their cry, and will save them - He will regard their expressed desire - their earnest prayer.
He will fulfil the (m) desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
(m) For they will ask or wish for nothing, but according to his will, (1-John 5:14).
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him,.... That have the true fear of God put into their hearts; that fear him not with a servile, but godly fear; that fear the Lord and his goodness, and are true worshippers of him in a spiritual and evangelic manner; for the fear of God includes the whole worship of him, private and public: and the Lord grants to such whatever they desire of him, in his fear, under the direction of his spirit, according to his will, and in submission to it. Do they desire good things of him, temporal or spiritual? there is no want of any good thing to them that fear him; how should there, when such great goodness is laid up for them? Do they desire his presence, and the discoveries of his love? the sun of righteousness arises on them that fear his name, and his secrets are with them, and his mercy is upon them from everlasting to everlasting. Do they desire his protection from enemies? the Angel of the Lord encamps round about them, and the Lord himself is their, help and their shield;
he also will hear their cry, and will save them; that is, he will hear and answer their prayer, which they put up to him in their distress: they cry to him either mentally or vocally, in their troubles, and his ears are open to their cries, and they enter into them; and he regards them, and saves them out of them; out of their temporal and out of their spiritual troubles; he saves them with a temporal and with an eternal salvation.
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