I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

I remembered God – That is, I thought about God; I thought about His character, His government, and His dealings. I thought about the myster…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

I remembered. — A better rendering:

“If I remember God I must sigh;
I meditate, and my spirit faints.”

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

My sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. I remembered God, and was troubled:

Yet he says that he …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

I will remember God, and will be troubled. The Psalmist here employs a variety of expressions to express the intensity of his grief and, a…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

I remembered God, and was troubled
Either the mercy, grace, and goodness of God, as Jarchi; how ungrateful he had be…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Days of trouble must be days of prayer; when God seems to have withdrawn from us, we must seek Him until we find Him. In the day of his trouble, th…

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