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My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me.
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The Intensity of Anguish
Commentators explain that David's 'sore pained' heart describes a deep, writhing anguish, like a woman in labor. The 'terrors of death' are not merely a fear of dying, but a sudden, overwhelming horror, as if the shadow of death itself had fallen upon him. This language conveys the absolute extremity of his emotional and spiritual crisis.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
My heart is sore pained within me - Heavy and sad; that is, I am deeply afflicted. The word translated “sore pained” properly means…
19th Century
Anglican
(4) Is sore pained. —Better, writhes with pain.
Terrors of death — i.e., terrors caused by death, a …
Baptist
I suppose that David may have written this after he had been driven out of Jerusalem by the party under the leadership of his son Absalom and Ahith…
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16th Century
Protestant
My heart trembles within me. Here we have additional evidence of the extremity of David’s sufferings. He who uses these words was no soft …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
My heart is sore pained within me At the civil war in his kingdom; at the battle likely to ensue between his forces …
In these verses we have:
David praying. Prayer is a salve for every sore, and a relief to the spirit under every burden.
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13th Century
Catholic
Hear, O God, my prayer, and do not despise my supplication.
Previously, the psalmist showed the insults of his enemies ag…
