My heart is sore pained within me - Heavy and sad; that is, I am deeply afflicted. The word translated “sore pained” properly means…

(4) Is sore pained. —Better, writhes with pain.

Terrors of death — i.e., terrors caused by death, a …

I suppose that David may have written this after he had been driven out of Jerusalem by the party under the leadership of his son Absalom and Ahith…

My heart trembles within me. Here we have additional evidence of the extremity of David’s sufferings. He who uses these words was no soft …

My heart is sore pained within me
At the civil war in his kingdom; at the battle likely to ensue between his forces …

In these verses we have:

1. Hear, O God, my prayer, and do not despise my supplication.

   Previously, the psalmist showed the insults of his enemies ag…