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10Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
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To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. …
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-16)We are to take notice of the goodness of God towards prisoners and captives. Observe, 1. A description of this affliction. Prisoners are said to sit in darkness (Ps. 107:10), in dark dungeons, close prisons, which intimates that they are desolate and disconsolate; they sit in the shadow of death , which intimates not only great distress and trouble, but great danger. Prisoners are many times appoi…
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