And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
Ver. 3. And I set my face unto the Lord God,] i.e., Toward the habitation of his holiness at Jerusalem, but especially in heaven. I looked up unto the hills from whence I looked for help. This Daniel did daily, Dan 6:10 but now with more than ordinary intention and devotion he presenteth δεησις ενεργουμενη, an inwrought prayer (as St James calleth it, Jam 5:16), edged with fasting and downright humiliation. He doubteth not thereby to set God to work, as David did Psa 119:126 He knew that a long look toward God speedeth, Psa 34:4-5 Jon 2:4-7 how much more an extraordinary prayer!