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5By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
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My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)The title of this psalm is very observable; it is a prayer of the afflicted . It was composed by one that was himself afflicted, afflicted with the church and for it; and on those that are of a public spirit afflictions of that kind lie heavier than any other. It is calculated for an afflicted state, and is intended for the use of others that may be in the like distress; for whatsoever things were…
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