My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me like a shepherd's tent; like a weaver I have rolled up my life; he cuts me off from the loom; from day to night thou dost bring me to an end;

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

My age - The word used here (דור dôr) properly means the revolving period or circle of human life. However, the p…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Mine age is departed ... —Better, my home, or habitation ... as in Psalm 49:19, and thus fittin…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

My dwelling is departed. He proceeds with his complaints, depicting his life with a beautiful metaphor, for he compares it to a shephe…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's
tent

Or, my habitation…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Here we have Hezekiah's thanksgiving. It is good for us to remember the mercies we receive in sickness. Hezekiah records the condition he was in. H…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

1. In those days. In this part, the prophet describes some events resulting from the preceding history, namely, the sickness…

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