When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
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Gill's Exposition
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth. See Gill on Psa 18:7.
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2 Samuel 22:9
sa2 22:9
sa2 22:9
sa2 22:9There went up a smoke out of his…
Adam Clarke
When the waves of death compassed me - Though in a primary sense many of these things belong to David, yet generally and fully they belong to the Messiah alone.
Let us observe, in this song of praise,
I. How David adores God, and gives him the glory of his infinite perfections. There is none like him, nor any to be compared with him (Sa2 22:32): Who is God,…
The Psalmist's perils. His cry for help
5, 6. For breakers of death had compassed me,
torrents of destruction were affrighting me,
cords of Sheol had surrounded me,
snares of death had encountered…
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