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All day long is my dishonor before me, And shame covers my face,
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The Feeling of Unending Shame
The psalmist describes a shame that is constant ('all the day long') and physically manifest ('the shame of my face hath covered me'). Commentators like Calvin and Barnes explain this isn't a fleeting feeling but a continuous, public humiliation that is always present, leaving no room for escape or relief.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
My confusion is continually before me - My shame; the conviction and the evidence of my disgrace are constantly present with me. Li…
19th Century
Anglican
The shame. —Better take the face as a second object—shame has covered me regarding my face, that is, covered my face.…
16th Century
Protestant
My reproach is daily before me. The Hebrew words כלהיום, col-hayom, mean 'all the day' and denote long continuance. These words c…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
My confusion [is] continually before me Meaning that which is the occasion of it; and the shame of my face ha…
The believer must have times of temptation, affliction, and discouragement; the church must have seasons of persecution. At such times the people o…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Previously, the psalmist demonstrated his desire for God; here he proceeds to pray against the affliction of the entire people.
The…
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