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He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
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The Nature of Total Darkness
Commentators explain that the phrase 'darkness, and not in light' is a Hebrew idiom for absolute, total darkness. This describes a profound state of affliction and perplexity where every source of comfort—from God's Word to daily mercies—feels completely cut off.
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Lamentations
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19th Century
Anglican
Into darkness. —The moral darkness of perplexity as well as misery. The cry of the mourner was like that of Ajax (Hom. Il.
Baptist
He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
A Hebrew method of saying that it was a thick darkness without an…
16th Century
Protestant
The letters of the alphabet are tripled in this chapter, a point I previously omitted to mention. In the first two chapters, each verse begins with…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He hath led me, and brought [me into] darkness Which often signifies distress, calamity, and affliction, of one sort or a…
Presbyterian
The prophet relates the more gloomy and discouraging part of his experience, and how he found support and relief. In the time of his trial the Lord…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, after listing many punishments, the author guards against the people's despair.
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