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15I am afflicted and ready to die{H8802)} from my youth up: while I suffer{H8804)} thy terrors I am distracted{H8799)}.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-18)In these verses, I. The psalmist expostulates with God concerning the present deplorable condition he was in (Ps. 88:10-12): “ Wilt thou do a miraculous work to the dead , and raise them to life again? Shall those that are dead and buried rise up to praise thee ? No; they leave it to their children to rise up in their room to praise God; none expects that they should do it; and wherefore should th…
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