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He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
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The Imagery of Darkness
Commentators explain that the "dark places" are a powerful metaphor for complete separation and despair. This imagery is likened to Sheol (the realm of the dead), a tomb, or a dungeon. It conveys a feeling of being utterly cut off from God, light, and life, as if imprisoned by divine judgment.
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Lamentations
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Or, “He has” made me to dwell “in darkness,” i.e. in Sheol or Hades, “as those” forever “dead.”
19th Century
Anglican
He has set me in dark places. —A verbal reproduction of Psalm 143:3. The “dark places” are those of hell or Hades. The ph…
Baptist
He has set me in dark places, as they that are dead of old. He has hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he has made my chain heavy.
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16th Century
Protestant
Here he amplifies what he had previously said of poison and trouble. He says that he was placed in darkness, not to be there for a little while, bu…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He has set me in dark places In the dark house of the prison, as the Targum; in the dark dungeon where the prophet w…
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here the author presents the effect of the divine scourging, just as a bruise is the effect of a rod. Concerning this, he explains three things.
