He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
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Gill's Exposition
He hath turned aside my ways,.... Or caused me to depart or go back from the way I was in, and so fall into the hand of the enemy that lay in wait, as before. Jarchi interprets the word of thorns, and…
Having dwelt upon the difficulties which hemmed in his path, he now shows that there are dangers attending upon escape. Lam 3:11 The meaning is, “God, as a lion, lying in wait, has made me turn aside…
The title of the 102nd Psalm might very fitly be prefixed to this chapter - The prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and pours out his complaint before the Lord; for it is very feelingly…
Cambridge Bible
He hath driven me from the path, and then sprung upon me and devoured me.
desolate appalled, stupified. Cp. Lam 4:5; akin to the word rendered "astonishment" in Jer 5:30 (mg.), Jer 18:16.
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