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7I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
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Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; …
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him. …
My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
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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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