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6 Iam F troubled 7, T am bowed down greatly ; FHeb. - "| I go || mourning m all the day long. wryeds |
! Heb. Diſtorted . or depreſied; Or, as it is expreſſed by auother || Or, in word, lignifyinz the ſame thing, bewed down, to wit, in my Body, *!acks | as Cifcatcd perſons cemmonly are, and withal dejeRted in my Ming Mal:3:14 |} m Hed: In black, the ſign of Mourniog which may here figniffe the thing, asſignsoftr do: When for my ea'e I tiſe out of my Bed and walk, or rath-r creep about in my Chamber, I do it with a ſad Heart, and deje&ed Countenance. Or. if he did walk further, his Diſeaſe had ſome Intervals and Mitigations, Or going, may be here meant of hs languiſhing, or going towards the Grave, as this ſame word 15 uſed, Gen. 15; 2, Compare with 25. 32+ Joſ« 23. 14» |
7 Formy loins are filled with a loathſome diſeaſe », and zhere ts no ſoundneſs in my fleſh. i
n Or, with fulthineſs : Or, with ſcoarching heat, The Diſeaſe might be ſome bu-ning Feaver, beiag alſo malignant or Peſtilentia), either buraing 1awardly, or breaking forth outwardly in Carbuncles, or Boyis. It 15 true, this and the other Expreſſions may be taken Figu- ratively, ” _ ge = prot But we ſhould not forſake the proper and the ]iteral fenſe of the Words without ich ſeems not to be in thisplace. , YI MP
8 I amfeeble and ſore broken : I have reaſon of the diſquietneſsof my heart p.
o Like a Bear or a Lyon, through, extream Pain and Miſery pþ For the great Anxiety and ſorment of my Mind. cauſed by the deep ſenile of my (ins, and of Gods wrath, and of the ſad iſſue of my Diſeaſe 3 which being added to my bodily pains, wakes them more intollerable,
9 Lord, all my deſires before thee ; and my groan- ing is not hid from thee. |
q I do not utter all theſe Complaints, nor roar 'out that thou mayſt hear and know them, for thou heareft and knoweft, even my loweſt Groans; yea, mine inward Defires and all my Necefficies. And therefore, I pray thee, pity and dcliver me, as I truſt thou wiltft do. |
10 My heart panteth r, my ſtrength faileth me : as
for the light of mine eyes, it alſofis gone from me «5 + Heb. is _ Or, goes round, wanders hither and thither, as the word t:gnifies ; nor with 1s perplex..d aud tofled with many and various Thoughts, not know- me 1ng what to do, nor whether to go. s Mine Eyes are grown dim ; either through grief and tears, as P/al. 6.7. Or through weakneſ; as I Sam. 14: 28. 29 1: * My lovers and my friends ſtand aloof: from my _ . _ f ſore ; and || my kinſmen ſtand afar off. * Pſ.31.tt # Either through Neg/e& and Contempt, or diſdain of me : Or Mat. 27, througi: Delicacy and Abhorrency, from loathiome and ſaddivg 55. Spectacles : Or through fear of Infetion, or ſome other inconveni- 7 Heb. encies: : firoke. 12 They alſo that ſeek after my life, lay ſnares for (Or, 77eu; and they that ſeek my hurt, ſpeak miſchievous wi things, and imagine deceits - all the day long. u That if my Diſcale do nor k'll me, chey may deſtroy me ſome otlier way» x They deſign milchief, but cover it with fair preten. CCSs 13 But I, as adeaf man, heard not; and I was as
a dumb man, that openeth not his mouth y; y | carried my ſelf towards them, as1ii 1 had no Ears to hear, what : they ſaid either to me, or for me, nor a Tongue to Anſwer, or reprove them for their Reproaches and Calumnies. Which he did not for want of juſt Anſwers to them, but to teſtifie hisHuanliat ion for hisSies,
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and his patient ſubmiſſion to, and acceptation of the puniſhment ch he had brought upon himſeif. Of which ſee an inſtance, 2
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. 14 Thus TI was as a man that heareth not, and in whoſe mouth are no reproofs z.
2 Or Arguments, to convitce or coutute thew; or to defend my ſelf.
15 For|| in thee, O LORD, do I hope z : thou wilt || hear, O LORD my God.
a | bore their Carriage fiientiy anc patiently, becauſe I hoped ” ang _—_ knew that thou wouldeſtanſwer for me,and plead 5: yCauſe detter than oy "I my ſelf 3 which 1 would not prevent by my [mpatienr e, and avenging || Or, dit my ſelf. Or. But in the do I hope, ( i. e. ) Though Friends fo;ſike ſwer: me, and mine Enemies plot and prattiſe againſt me, yet 1 donot deſ. pair, becauſe [ have thee on my fide>
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tinually before me gr f Juſt falling into utter deſtruftian z ſee Jer, 20. Fro. {and ſthere- fore if thou doſt not help me ſpeedily, it will be too late. g I am deeply and conſtantly ſenſible of thy juſt hand, and of my fins the catſe of it 5 wherewith I ſhall be overwhelmed, if thou doſt not pre- vent it. 18 For Iwill declare mine iniquity & ; I will be ſorry 7
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bEither to thee 3 or publickly to the World, becauſe my fin hatn been publick aud ſcandalous. # Heb. I will be (or, I am : Futures be- ing ot ſo taken) ſollicitous or anxious, full of Grief for what is palt, and of Cares and Fears for the Future ; partly, leſt I ſhould relapſe into the ſame folly upon new Temptations 3 and partly, leſt thou ſhouldeſt cut me off for my fins. Therefore pity and pardon, and ſave me. k Or, by reaſon of my ſin, or upon that occaſion.
19 But mine enemies Þ are lively /,and they are {trong ;
and they that bate me wrongfully are multiplied.
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