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Psalms 25:17

Psalms 25:17
The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The troubles of my heart are enlarged,.... His enemies being increased, which troubled him; the floods of ungodly men made him afraid; the waters of affliction were come into his soul, and spread…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The troubles of my heart - The sorrows which spring upon the heart - particularly from the recollections of sin. Are enlarged - Have become great. They increased the more he reflected on the sins of…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 25:15-22

David, encouraged by the promises he had been meditating upon, here renews his addresses to God, and concludes the psalm, as he began, with professions of dependence upon God and desire towards…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The verb rendered are enlargedcannot mean -augmented." It is all but certain that the consonants should be divided and vocalised differently, giving the appropriate sense, The straitnesses of my heart…