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I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.
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The Roar of a Broken Heart
Commentators emphasize the extreme language David uses. Words like 'feeble' (implying a deathly cold), 'sore broken' (crushed), and 'roared' (like a lion or a raging sea) describe a state of total physical and emotional collapse. This validates the experience of those whose suffering feels overwhelming and beyond simple description.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I am feeble - The word used here means properly to be cold, or without warmth; and then, to be torpid or languid. Compare ([Reference Genes…
19th Century
Anglican
I am feeble and sore broken. —Better, I am become deadly cold, and am quite worn out.
Disquietness. —Properly,
Baptist
For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh. I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason o…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I am feeble Both in body, natural strength being weakened by the affliction, and dried up like a potsherd by the hea…
Nothing will trouble the heart of a good person as much as the sense of God's anger. The way to keep the heart quiet is to keep ourselves in the lo…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Previously, the psalmist pleaded for divine help: judge, O Lord, those who wrong me (Psalms 34:1). He showe…
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