For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
The words became Hezekiah's own prayer when he was struck with fatal sickness, and as a dying ruler he could rightly take them to himself just as David had done. In that use they are a plea for God to let the prayer come before Him and to give ear to the cry of one overwhelmed with trouble and suffering and brought close to death. He could plead them in this way because he had served God faithfully and had worked mightily for the building up of God's kingdom in a time of apostasy and discouragement. By that faithful work he had strengthened the confidence of the people in Jehovah as the Supreme Ruler.
For him the words also carried trust in God from youth and the request not to be forsaken when strength fails. That request looked beyond recovery to continued service, that he might still show God's strength and power to the present generation. It reached even further, to all who were to come after.
The words became Hezekiah's own prayer when he was struck with fatal sickness, and as a dying ruler he could rightly take them to himself just as David had done. In that use they are a plea for God to let the prayer come before Him and to give ear to the cry of one overwhelmed with trouble and suffering and brought close to death. He could plead them in this way because he had served God faithfully and had worked mightily for the building up of God's kingdom in a time of apostasy and discouragement. By that faithful work he had strengthened the confidence of the people in Jehovah as the Supreme Ruler.
For him the words also carried trust in God from youth and the request not to be forsaken when strength fails. That request looked beyond recovery to continued service, that he might still show God's strength and power to the present generation. It reached even further, to all who were to come after.