4My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. …
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-20)The title of the Ps. 102:1-28 might very fitly be prefixed to this chapter— The prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and pours out his complaint before the Lord ; for it is very feelingly and fluently that the complaint is here poured out. Let us observe the particulars of it. The prophet complains, 1. That God is angry. This gives both birth and bitterness to the affliction (Lam. 3:1)…
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