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4My heart is sore pained{H8799)} within me: and the terrors of death are fallen{H8804)} upon me.
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The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; …
For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: …
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. …
I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)In these verses we have, I. David praying. Prayer is a salve for every sore and a relief to the spirit under every burden: Give ear to my prayer, O God ! Ps. 55:1 , 2 . He does not set down the petitions he offered up to God in his distress, but begs that God would hear the prayers which, at every period, his heart lifted up to God, and grant an answer of peace to them: Attend to me, hear me . Sau…
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