They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not.
George Leo Haydock
Lord. This must be understood of Absalom, who offered sacrifices, (2 Kings xv. 12.; Berthier) or of Saul, who, receiving no answer, consulted a witch. The Philistines also brought their gods with them, so that they were taken and burnt; (2 Kings v. 21.) and the other pagans, finding no aid in their idols, might in time of danger, invoke the Lord. (Calmet) — This is “the testimony of a soul naturally Christian,” as Tertullian (Apol. xvii.) speaks, to have recourse to the great and only God, in the utmost distress. (Haydock) — Deus ut subveniat oratur; ipsa veritas, cogente natura….erumpit. (Lac. Inst. ii. 1.)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.