_O LORD, REBUKE ME NOT IN THY WRATH: NEITHER CHASTEN ME IN THY HOT DISPLEASURE._ The Title. - A PSALM OF DAVID, TO BRING TO REMEMBRANCE - i:e., to bring to God's remembrance the seemingly forgotten suppliant. That it supposes sorrowful supplication, appears from its being the title also of Psalms 70... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THINE ARROWS STICK FAST IN ME, AND THY HAND PRESSETH ME SORE._ The plea of His prayer; he is now arrived at such a crisis of anguish, and restlessness of body and mind, that God cannot but interpose to save from destruction His praying child. FOR THINE ARROWS STICK FAST IN ME, AND THY HAND PR... [ Continue Reading ]
_THERE IS NO SOUNDNESS IN MY FLESH BECAUSE OF THINE ANGER; NEITHER IS THERE ANY REST IN MY BONES BECAUSE OF MY SIN._ Neither is there any rest ( _ shaalowm_ (H7965 ); peace or soundness) in my bones, because of my sin. He recognizes in his suffering the expression of God's anger at his sin. The ima... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR MINE INIQUITIES ARE GONE OVER MINE HEAD: AS AN HEAVY BURDEN THEY ARE TOO HEAVY FOR ME._ For mine iniquities are gone over mine head - like waves over a drowning man (Psalms 42:7; Psalms 124:4; cf. Psalms 40:12). AS AN HEAVY BURDEN THEY ARE TOO HEAVY FOR ME. But they are not "too heavy" for Me... [ Continue Reading ]
_MY WOUNDS STINK AND ARE CORRUPT BECAUSE OF MY FOOLISHNESS._ My wounds ... are corrupt (_ NAAMAQUW_ (H4743)) - literally, melt away. BECAUSE OF MY FOOLISHNESS - perverse sin. The sinner is a fool, and errs not merely against God, but against his own soul (Psalms 14:1; Psalms 69:5; Proverbs 8:36).... [ Continue Reading ]
_I AM TROUBLED; I AM BOWED DOWN GREATLY; I GO MOURNING ALL THE DAY LONG._ I am troubled - Hebrew, (_ `AAWAH_ (H5753)), _ NA`ªWEETIY_ (H5753) - literally, 'I am made to writhe;' I am in contortions. In Isaiah 21:3 it is translated, "I was bowed down" - namely, with pain.... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR MY LOINS ARE FILLED WITH A LOATHSOME DISEASE: AND THERE IS NO SOUNDNESS IN MY FLESH._ For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease (_ NIQLEH_ (H7033)) - literally, with vileness; 'ignominy' (Jerome) - i:e., with such a loathsome disease as exposes me to mockings. So the Septuagint, Vulgate... [ Continue Reading ]
_I AM FEEBLE AND SORE BROKEN: I HAVE ROARED BY REASON OF THE DISQUIETNESS OF MY HEART._ I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. The bodily cry of the sufferer is the outward voice of his spiritual and inward anguish.... [ Continue Reading ]
_LORD, ALL MY DESIRE IS BEFORE THEE; AND MY GROANING IS NOT HID FROM THEE._ Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee - thine omniscience knows that I do not exaggerate my wretchedness in order to move thy compassion.... [ Continue Reading ]
_MY HEART PANTETH, MY STRENGTH FAILETH ME: AS FOR THE LIGHT OF MINE EYES, IT ALSO IS GONE FROM ME._ My heart panteth - palpitates. AS FOR THE LIGHT OF MINE EYES, IT ALSO IS GONE FROM ME - literally, they also (are) not with me. The light of mine eyes-nay, mine eyes themselves-are not with me (Psa... [ Continue Reading ]
_MY LOVERS AND MY FRIENDS STAND ALOOF FROM MY SORE; AND MY KINSMEN STAND AFAR OFF._ My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore - literally, 'stand over against my stroke.' At the very time when my affliction would have required them to stand nearer and more steadily by me than ever, they are... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEY ALSO THAT SEEK AFTER MY LIFE LAY SNARES FOR ME: AND THEY THAT SEEK MY HURT SPEAK MISCHIEVOUS THINGS, AND IMAGINE DECEITS ALL THE DAY LONG._ They also that seek after my life lay snares for me. Malice in deed. AND THEY THAT SEEK MY HURT SPEAK MISCHIEVOUS THINGS. Malice in word. AND IMAGINE... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT I, AS A DEAF MAN, HEARD NOT; AND I WAS AS A DUMB MAN THAT OPENETH NOT HIS MOUTH._ Not only the severity of his affliction, but also, as he here shows, his manner of bearing it-namely, silently and patiently-is a plea for deliverance. BUT I, AS A DEAF MAN, HEARD NOT; AND I WAS AS A DUMB MAN TH... [ Continue Reading ]
_THUS I WAS AS A MAN THAT HEARETH NOT, AND IN WHOSE MOUTH ARE NO REPROOFS._ Thus I was as a man ... in whose mouth are no reproofs - or, 'no contradictions.' So when the children of Belial despised Saul saying, "How shall this man save us? he held his peace" - literally, 'he was as though he had be... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR IN THEE, O LORD, DO I HOPE: THOU WILT HEAR, O LORD MY GOD._ For in thee, O Lord do I hope - the ground of his patience. THOU WILT HEAR, O LORD MY GOD - `thou wilt answer;' I must therefore not forestall thee.... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR I SAID, HEAR ME, LEST OTHERWISE THEY SHOULD REJOICE OVER ME: WHEN MY FOOT SLIPPETH, THEY MAGNIFY THEMSELVES AGAINST ME._ For I said, (Hear me) lest (otherwise) they should rejoice over me - or, 'For I speak (thus to thee; as stated in Psalms 38:15), lest,' etc. WHEN MY FOOT SLIPPETH, THEY MA... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR I AM READY TO HALT, AND MY SORROW IS CONTINUALLY BEFORE ME._ For I am ready to halt - perpetually I am all but so disabled as not to stand upright and walk anymore. So Psalms 35:15, margin. I may well fear lest mine enemies "magnify themselves against me" (Psalms 38:16). MY SORROW IS CONTINU... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR I WILL DECLARE MINE INIQUITY; I WILL BE SORRY FOR MY SIN._ For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. The bitterest drop in his cup of suffering is that he feels his suffering is not undeserved; affliction brings to his vivid remembrance sins which he lost sight of in prospe... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT MINE ENEMIES ARE LIVELY, AND THEY ARE STRONG: AND THEY THAT HATE ME WRONGFULLY ARE MULTIPLIED._ But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong. Whilst the sufferer is like one dead, through want of strength, his enemies are full of life and strength. AND THEY THAT HATE ME WRONGFULLY ARE MU... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEY ALSO THAT RENDER EVIL FOR GOOD ARE MINE ADVERSARIES; BECAUSE I FOLLOW THE THING THAT GOOD IS._ They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is - The more "I follow" that which is for their good, as well as the good of all men, the more they ha... [ Continue Reading ]
_FORSAKE ME NOT, O LORD: O MY GOD, BE NOT FAR FROM ME._ O my God, be not far from me. Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation. The same voice as in Psalms 22:19. Compare also Psalms 35:3.... [ Continue Reading ]