I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
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Gill's Exposition
Like a crane, or a swallow, so did I chatter,.... Rather, "like a crane and a swallow", like both; sometimes loud and clamorous, like a crane (o), when the pain was very acute and grievous; and…
Barnes' Notes
I reckoned - There has been considerable variety in interpreting this expression. The Septuagint renders it, ‘I was given up in the morning as to a lion.’ The Vulgate renders it, ‘I hoped until…
We have here Hezekiah's thanksgiving-song, which he penned, by divine direction, after his recovery. He might have taken some of the psalms of his father David, and made use of them for his purpose;…
Cambridge Bible
I reckoned till morning R.V. has "I quieted myself until morning." It is better to amend the text slightly and read I cried until morning.
so will he break(better, he breaketh) all my bones the…
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