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I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.
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When God Is a Source of Trouble
The psalmist expresses a profound and relatable struggle: remembering God brings distress, not comfort. Commentators explain this often happens when we, in our suffering or sin, focus on God's overwhelming justice, power, and holiness. Instead of feeling His grace, we feel His wrath or distance, making our spirit feel 'overwhelmed.'
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I remembered God – That is, I thought about God; I thought about His character, His government, and His dealings. I thought about the myster…
19th Century
Anglican
I remembered. — A better rendering:
“If I remember God I must sigh; I meditate, and my spirit faints.”
Baptist
Selah. Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.…
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16th Century
Protestant
I will remember God, and will be troubled. The Psalmist here employs a variety of expressions to express the intensity of his grief and, a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I remembered God, and was troubled Either the mercy, grace, and goodness of God, as Jarchi; how ungrateful he had be…
Days of trouble must be days of prayer; when God seems to have withdrawn from us, we must seek Him until we find Him. In the day of his trouble, th…
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