Having dwelt upon the difficulties which obstructed his path, he now shows that there are dangers that accompany escape.

The meaning of Lame…

He has turned aside. —The terror caused by the lion turns the traveler from his path, and there is no other; and then comes the at…

He hath made my paths crooked. He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places. He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled…

In this verse, the Prophet also shows how deeply the faithful are disturbed when they feel that God is against them. But he uses the same figure of…

He has turned aside my ways. Or caused me to depart or go back from the way I was in, and so fall into the hand of the en…

The prophet relates the more gloomy and discouraging part of his experience, and how he found support and relief. In the time of his trial the Lord…

Here, the prophet describes the nature of their affliction: