Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
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Gill's Exposition
Bring my soul out of prison,.... Not out of purgatory, to which some Popish writers wrest these words very absurdly; nor out of the prison of his body, as Joseph Ben Gorion (p); knowing that none but…
Barnes' Notes
Bring my soul out of prison - Bring me out of my present condition which is like a prison. I am as it were shut up; I am encompassed with foes; I do not know how to escape. Compare Psa 25:17. That I…
The psalmist here tells us, for our instruction, 1. How he was disowned and deserted by his friends, Psa 142:4. When he was in favour at court he seemed to have a great interest, but when he was made…
Cambridge Bible
Bring my soul out of prison Probably to be understood figuratively, -bring my soul out of distress" (Psa 143:11). Cp. Isa 42:7, of the Exile; Psa 107:10. But it may mean that he was actually in…
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