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My soul is also in great anguish. But you, Yahweh -- how long?
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Suffering Deeper Than the Body
Commentators emphasize that the psalmist's suffering is not merely physical. The phrase "my soul is also sore troubled" points to a deeper anguish of the mind and spirit. Scholars like Albert Barnes and Charles Spurgeon note that this spiritual distress, often caused by a sense of sin or distance from God, can be even more unbearable than bodily pain.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
My soul is also sore vexed - The word "soul" here is used in the sense in which it is commonly understood by us, as denoting the mind. The i…
19th Century
Anglican
But thou, O Lord, how long? (Compare to Psalm 90:13.) This is “belief in unbelief.” Domine quousque was Calvin’s…
Baptist
My soul is also sore vexed:
That is worse than the bones being vexed. The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wou…
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16th Century
Protestant
And you, O Jehovah, how long? This elliptical form of expression serves to express more strongly the vehemence of grief, which not only ho…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
My soul is also sore vexed Or "exceedingly troubled", and even frightened and thrown into a consternation with indwe…
These verses speak the language of a heart truly humbled, of a broken and contrite spirit under great afflictions, sent to awaken conscience and mo…
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13th Century
Catholic
In the preceding psalm, David asked to be led in the way of justice because of his enemies.
Here, however, having fallen, he asks to be renew…
