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"As when one plows and breaks up the earth, Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol."
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A Picture of Desperation
Commentators agree that this verse paints a vivid picture of utter desperation. The psalmist feels that he and his followers are as good as dead, their 'bones scattered at the mouth of Sheol.' The imagery, whether of ploughed earth or scattered wood chips, conveys a state of complete disorganization, weakness, and hopelessness from a human perspective.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth—We are, indeed, now like bones scattered in the places of graves; we seem to be weak, feeble,…
19th Century
Anglican
Our bones.— The literal rendering of this verse is As when one cutteth and cleaveth in the earth our bones are scattered at th…
Baptist
Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, –
We are like men ready to be put into their graves; or the cause that we advocate see…
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16th Century
Protestant
As one who breaketh, etc. Here David complains that his enemies were not satisfied with inflicting upon him one death — an ordina…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth Into which they were not suffered to be put, but lay unburied; or from where…
We should be ready to welcome the rebuke of our heavenly Father, and also the reproof of our fellow believers. It will not break my head, if it onl…
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