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2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
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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. …
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. …
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)David, in affliction, is here pouring out his soul before God; his address is short, but the method is very observable, and of use for direction and encouragement. I. His troubles extort complaints ( Ps. 13:1 , 2 ); and the afflicted have liberty to pour out their complaint before the Lord , Ps. 102:1 title . It is some ease to a troubled spirit to give vent to its griefs, especially to give vent…
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