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For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

For your arrows stick fast in me - See the notes at Job 6:4. The word rendered “stick fast”—נחת nâchath—properly means to …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

For your arrows ... — The same figure is used for the disease from which Job suffered (elephantiasis? Job 6:4); for fam…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

God may aim his arrows even at his own children, and he may lay hi…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

For thy arrows go down in me. He shows that he was compelled by urgent need to ask for relief from his misery, for he was crushed under th…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

For your arrows stick fast in me
Meaning either words with which as a father the Lord rebuked him; and which were sh…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Nothing will trouble the heart of a good person as much as the sense of God's anger. The way to keep the heart quiet is to keep ourselves in the lo…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

1. Previously, the psalmist pleaded for divine help: judge, O Lord, those who wrong me (Psalms 34:1). He showe…

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