I cried to you, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
9. "Unto Thee, O Lord, will I cry, and unto my God will I pray" (ver. 8). And bringing to mind that time of my trouble and misery, and as it were established therein, I hear the voice of Thy First-Begotten, my Head, about to die for me, and saying "Unto Thee, O Lord, will I cry, and unto My God will I pray."
10. "What profit" is there in the shedding of My blood, whilst I go down to corruption? "Shall dust confess unto Thee?" For if I shall not rise immediately, and My body shall become corrupt, "shall dust confess unto Thee?" that is, the crowd of the ungodly, whom I shall justify by My resurrection? "Or declare Thy truth?" Or for the salvation of the rest declare Thy truth?
Will I. We must not cease to pray, (Worthington) as we are always beset with enemies. (Haydock)
This text may be explained, "I prayed "that I might suffer instead of my people, 4 Kings xxiv. 17. (Calmet)
But here the prophet seems rather to beg that he may not die, in order that he may publish God's praises. (Haydock)
