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Psalms 109:23

Psalms 109:23
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

My knees are weak through fasting,..... Either voluntary or forced, through want of food or refreshment; this was verified in Christ, when he kneeled and prayed, and his sweat was as it were great…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

I am gone like the shadow when it declineth - See the notes at Psa 102:11. I am tossed up and down as the locust - Agitated, moved, driven about, as a cloud of locusts is by the wind. The meaning of…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 109:21-31

David, having denounced God's wrath against his enemies, here takes God's comforts to himself, but in a very humble manner, and without boasting.

I. He pours out his complaint before God concerning…