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For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.
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The Pain of Spiritual Envy
Commentators explain that the psalmist uses intensely physical language to describe his spiritual crisis. His soul was "soured" or "embittered," and his heart felt "pricked" or "pierced" as if by a sword. This wasn't a minor doubt but a deep, painful state caused by envying the wicked and questioning God's fairness.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Thus my heart was grieved - literally, and more expressively, “was soured.” The meaning is, that his heart was grieved, pained, dis…
19th Century
Anglican
Grieved. —Literally, grew sour; or, as we say, “was soured.”
Baptist
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. As a dream when one awakes, so, O Lord, when you …
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16th Century
Protestant
For my heart was in a ferment. The Psalmist again returns to the confession he had previously made, acknowledging that while he felt his h…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Thus my heart was grieved Not with his own sins, nor with the sins of the wicked, but at their prosperity; for this …
God would not allow His people to be tempted if His grace were not sufficient, not only to save them from harm but also to make them gain from it. …
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