PSALM 88 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm was composed upon a particular occasion, to wit, Heman's deep distress and dejection of mind almost to despair. But though this was the occasion of it, it is of more general use, for the instruction and consolation of all good men when they come into such despondenci... [ Continue Reading ]
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MY SOUL, properly so called; for that he was under great troubles of mind from a sense of God's wrath and departure from him, is evident from PSALMS 88:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
I am given up by my friends and acquaintance for a lost man.... [ Continue Reading ]
FREE AMONG THE DEAD; well nigh discharged from the warfare of the present life, and entered es a member into the society of the dead; as Israelitish servants, when they were made flee, were thereby made denizens of the commonwealth of Israel. I expect no other freedom from my miseries but that which... [ Continue Reading ]
Either, first, in the grave; the same thing being expressed in divers words; or, secondly, in hopeless and remediless calamities.... [ Continue Reading ]
THY WRATH; either, first, the sense of thy wrath; or rather, secondly, the effects of it; as the next clause explains this. WITH ALL THY WAVES; with thy judgments, breaking in furiously upon me like the waves of the sea.... [ Continue Reading ]
I am so sad a spectacle of thy vengeance that my friends avoid and detest me, lest by conversing with me they should either be filled with terrors, which men naturally abhor, or be made partakers of my guilt or plagues. I AM SHUT UP; either in the pit or deep, mentioned PSALMS 88:6, or in my own hou... [ Continue Reading ]
Understand, _without effect_; for thou dost not hear nor answer me.... [ Continue Reading ]
WILT THOU SHOW WONDERS TO THE DEAD, to wit, in raising them to live again in this world? as it is in the next clause. I know that thou wilt not. And therefore now hear and help me, or it will be too late. PRAISE THEE, to wit, amongst mortal men in this world.... [ Continue Reading ]
I am not without hopes that thou hast a true kindness for me, and wilt faithfully perform thy gracious promises made to me, and to all that love thee and call upon thee in truth. But then this must be done speedily, or I shall be utterly incapable of such a mercy.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE DARK; in the grave, which is called _the land of darkness_, JOB 10:21,22. IN THE LAND OF FORGETFULNESS; in the grave; so called, either, first, Actively, because there men forget and neglect all the concerns of this life, being indeed but dead carcasses without any sense or remembrance. Or ra... [ Continue Reading ]
i.e. Early, come to thee, before the ordinary time of morning prayer, or before the dawning of the day, or the rising of the sun. The sense is, Though I have hitherto got no answer to my prayers, yet I will not give over praying nor hoping for an answer.... [ Continue Reading ]
This proceeding seems not to agree with the benignity of thy nature, nor with the manner of thy dealing with thy people.... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM MY YOUTH UP; my whole life hath been filled with a succession of deadly calamities. O Lord, take some pity upon me, and let me have a little breathing space before I die. I SUFFER THY TERRORS upon my mind and conscience, which do accompany and aggravate my outward miseries.... [ Continue Reading ]
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As the waters of the sea encompass him which is in the midst and bottom of it.... [ Continue Reading ]
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