John Trapp on Daniel 9:23

Ver. 23. At the beginning of thy ſupplications] Thy prayer was ſcarce in thy mouth, ere it was in Gods eare. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and his eares are open unto their cry, Pſal. 34.15. See the Note. He heard at the very firſt, but anſwered not till Daniel had tugg'd with him. See Jam. 5.16, 17.

For th[illegible: 2 letters] art greatly beloved] Kimchi readeth it, a man of meaſures, a man every inch of thee. But the word is not Hamiddoth, but Chamudoth, a man of deſires, a favourite in heaven,Rerum expetendarum cupid[illegible: 2 letters]. Vatab. De deratiſſim[illegible: 2 letters] es. Trem. becauſe deſirous of things truely deſireable. Chriſt is ſaid to be totus totus deſiderabili[illegible: 1 letter] lovely all over, Can. 5.16. The Saints are alſo ſo in their meaſure, as on the contrary the wicked are not deſired, Zeph. 2.1. but loathed and abhorred, Prov. 13.5.

Therefore underſtand the matter] Good men ſhall know Gods ſecrets, Gen. 18.17, 19. Pſal. 25.14.