14, 15. Utter exhaustion and hopeless weakness, in these circumstances of pressing danger, are set forth by the most expressive figures; the solidity of the body is destroyed, and it becomes like water; the bones are parted; the heart, the very seat of vitality, melts like wax; all the juices of the system are dried up; the tongue can no longer perform its office, but lies parched and stiffened (compare Ge 49:4; 2Sa 14:14; Ps 58:8). In this, God is regarded as the ultimate source, and men as the instruments.

     27. The spirit . . . Lord—Men's minds are God's gifts, and thus able to search one another (compare Pr 20:5; Pr 18:8, 17; 1Co 2:11).

     28. (Compare Pr 3:3; 16:6, 12).

     29. The glory of young men . . . the beauty of old men—Each age has its peculiar excellence (Pr 16:31).

     30. blueness—literally, "joining," the process of uniting the edges of a wound throws off purulent matter.