John Trapp on Nehemiah 9:21

Verſe 21. Yea fourty yeares didſt thou ſuſtaine them] Suſtaine them? this is a meer Miôſis, ſith never was Prince ſo ſerved in his greateſt Pomp, as theſe rebellious Iſraelites were in the wilderneſſe: They had their Quailes and their Manna, and the Rock to follow them, &c.

So that they lacked nothing] No more ſhall they that ſeek the Lord lack any good thing, Pſal. 34.10, and 84.11. God will not be a wilderneſſe to them, or a land of darkneſſe, Jer. 2.31. A ſufficiency they ſhall be ſure of, if not a ſuperfluity: yea in the midſt of ſtraits they ſhall be in a ſufficiency, 1 Tim. 6.6. The ungodly are not ſo, Job 20.22.

Their cloths waxed not old] They wore not in the wearing; this was wonderfull: theſe men lived in an age of miracles; here was no need of What ſhall we put on? For the cloths they had of their own, and that they borrowed of the Egyptians decayed not; but, as ſome think, grew up with their perſons. See Deut. 8.4. and 29.5.

And their feet ſwelled not] Nor did any other diſeaſe annoy them, while they were in the wilderneſſe, There was not one feeble perſon among them: this was a ſweet mercy. Non eſt vivere, ſed valere, vita; ſi vales, bene eſt. Ʋincentio Peſtiom an Italian Gentleman being asked how old he was? anſwered that he was in health. And to another that asked how rich he was? anſwered, that he was not in debt. This was the happineſs of theſe Iſraelites in the wilderneſs.