Judges 8:4
And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
Gideon was raised up by God as a faithful and courageous deliverer to put down idolatry and to rescue Israel from its enemies. His work belongs to Israel's deliverance from Midianite oppression, when after Israel confessed its sins God raised him up as His helper. At this point he and the three hundred men with him crossed the Jordan while exhausted, yet they kept on pursuing the fleeing Midianites. That persistence carried the pursuit beyond the river toward the capture of the enemy leaders.
To be faint here denotes utter exhaustion from bodily feebleness, sickness, and hostile attack. It is the condition of being like a broken reed, stricken and afflicted, unable to recover by one's own strength or faith. Yet to keep pursuing calls for pressing on in appointed duty even while faint. It means still attending meetings, bearing testimony, and doing duty as the Lord raises up and sustains, with strength gradually returning.