He puts his mouth in the dust ... —The outward image is that of the prostration of an Eastern subject before a king: his …

He sits alone and keeps silence, because he has borne it upon him. He puts his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. He gives his chee…

He continues the same subject, for he describes to us people so subdued to obedience that they are ready to bear whatever God may lay on them. He t…

He putteth his mouth in the dust. Of self-abhorrence; sensible of his own vileness and nothingness, his unworthiness, and…

Having stated his distress and temptation, the prophet shows how he was raised above it. Bad as things are, it is owing to the mercy of God that th…

Here the author describes the condition of the one who waits.