Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
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Gill's Exposition
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee,.... Such as were so in a literal or spiritual sense; and the sighs and groans of such are not hid from the Lord; they come up into his ears as did the…
Barnes' Notes
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee - The sighing of him who is bound. The allusion here is, doubtless, to those among the Hebrews who had been taken captives, and who “sighed” not only…
The petitions here put up to God are very suitable to the present distresses of the church, and they have pleas to enforce them, interwoven with them, taken mostly from God's honour.
I. They pray that…
Cambridge Bible
The same phrases recur in Psa 102:20.
thy power Lit. thine arm, a word which recalls the memories of a glorious past (Exo 15:16; Psa 44:3).
those that are appointed to die Lit., the sons of death. It…
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