John Trapp on Nehemiah 9:32

Verſe 32. Now therefore our God, the great, the mighty] It is an high point of heavenly wiſdome, in the beginning of our petitions, to propound God to our ſelves under ſuch holy notions and fit expreſſions, as wherein we may ſee an anſwer to our prayers, as here. See chap. 1.5.

Let not all the trouble] Heb. The wearying, the laſſitude. Afflictions are not joyous, but grievous to the fleſh, which doth ſoone flag, and even ſink under the burden, if not ſupported by the hand of heaven.

Seeme little before thee] As if we had not yet ſuffered enough, but (as if we wanted weight) muſt be made yet heavier by an addition of new afflictions, 1 Pet. 1.6. God is apt to think a little enough, and ſpare, Eſay 40.1. and to take care that the ſpirit fail not before him, that his children ſwoon not in the whipping, Eſay 57.16. He knows that every child of affliction hath not the ſtrength to cry out as Luther did, Feri Domine, feri, ſmite on, Lord, ſmite on, for I am abſolved from my ſinnes: or as another did, I thank thee O Lord, for all mine extremity: and I beſeech thee, if thou think good, to adde to it an hundred fold more &c.

That hath come upon us] As foul-weather comes afore it is ſent for. Heb. Hath found us; for we ſought it not, but would gladly have ſhun'd it.

Since the times of the Kings of Aſſyria] Who yet were their moſt favourable enemies; and are therefore compared to a golden head in Nebuchadnezzars Image: but any ſervitude is grievous: and among the Greeks, after that they were delivered from the tyranny of the Macedonians and Spartans, the Cryer at the Namaean games was forced to pronouncethe word Liberty iterumque iterumque, again and again. And how earneſt are Gods people here in deprecating another captivity. He heareth them; and for their late ſeventy years captivity, granteth them ſeven ſeventies of years (Daniels weeks) for the enjoyment of their own countrey.