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Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Like a crane - The word used here (סוּס sûs) usually denotes a horse. The rabbis render it here “a crane.” Gesenius transl…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Like a crane ... — The three birds—strictly, the “swift,” the “crane,” the “dove”—each with its special note of lamentation, repre…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

As a crane, or a swallow. Hezekiah cannot satisfy himself in explaining the severity of his anguish. He now says that he was reduced so lo…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Like a crane, or a swallow, so I chattered
Rather, "like a crane and a swallow", like both; sometimes loud and clamo…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Here we have Hezekiah's thanksgiving. It is good for us to remember the mercies we receive in sickne . Hezekiah records the condition he was in. He…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

1. In those days. In this part, the prophet describes some events resulting from the preceding history, namely, the sickne o…

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