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Bible Commentaries
Nehemiah 1

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' CommentaryMeyer's Commentary

Verses 1-11

a Patriot’s Prayer

Nehemiah 1:1-11

Though living in luxury, in the winter palace of the Persian kings, Nehemiah’s heart was keenly sensitive to all that affected his people. But he turned from tears to prayer, from man to God. Oh, that we could cry and sigh for the rents and breaches in the Church of God. We should deal much more successfully with men, if, like Nehemiah, we dealt more largely with God. Gordon used to say that he had met and conquered his enemies before he saw them. This prayer of Nehemiah’s is very beautiful, saturated as it is with quotations from Scripture, and so effective with God, because based on His own Word. It was steeped in tears of contrition for sin, and offered without ceasing day and night . Nor was it solitary, for there seems to have been a little band of others united with him, Nehemiah 1:11 . Lord, teach us to pray thus, till others are found kneeling with us. Here is a good petition for us as we go forth to our daily calling, in which so much depends on the attitude of our fellow-men. Prosper thy servant this day and grant him mercy in the sight of this man .

Bibliographical Information
Meyer, Frederick Brotherton. "Commentary on Nehemiah 1". "F. B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/fbm/nehemiah-1.html. 1914.
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