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God Knows Your Path
Commentators explain that feeling 'overwhelmed' means being completely confused, directionless, and unable to see a way forward. The great comfort in this verse is the contrast: even when you are at your wit's end and cannot discern your own path, God knows it perfectly. As John Calvin notes, this is a call to rest in the conviction that God is aware of our afflictions and has a plan for our deliverance, much like Abraham's trust that 'The Lord will provide.'
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 142:3
18th Century
Theologian
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me - Luther renders this, “When my spirit was in distress.” The Hebrew word rendered “overwhe…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 142:3
19th Century
Bishop
When my spirit.— Literally, in the muffling of my spirit within me. When my spirit was so wrapped in trouble and gloom, s…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 142:3
19th Century
Preacher
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then you knew my path.
"My spirit was so overwhelmed within me, that I did not know where…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 142:3
16th Century
Theologian
When, my spirit, etc. Though he acknowledges here that he felt anxiety, yet he confirms what he had said about the constancy of h…
John Gill
On Psalms 142:3
17th Century
Pastor
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me Ready to sink and faint under the present affliction, being attended with the hi…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 142:1–7
17th Century
Minister
There can be no situation so distressing or dangerous in which faith will not find comfort from God through prayer. We tend to focus too much on ou…