For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.
Ver. 17. For how can the servant of this my lord.]. Qui tantulus sum, et tam imbecillis. God's praying servants use to speak as broken men. They well understand, (1.) Their distance; (2.) Dependence.
Talk with this my lord.] Prayer is a holy interparlance with the divine Majesty: εντευξις. 1Ti 2:1
Neither is there breath in me.] I am hardly able to bear up or breathe. Human frailty cannot endure God's presence without fainting. Rev 1:17