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Thou hast showed thy people hard things: Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

You have shown your people hard things - You have caused them to see reverses, disappointments, and trials. This refers, according …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Hard things — that is, a hard fate.

Wine of astonishment. — Literally, either wine of reeling — t…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

You have shown your people hard things. He says, first, that the nation had been dealt with severely, and then adds a figure of speech tha…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

You have showed your people hard things
As to have their city and temple burial, multitudes of them slain, and the r…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

David acknowledges God's displeasure to be the cause of all the hardships he had endured. And when God is turning his hand in our favor, it is good…

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