Psalms 40:15
15. for a reward—literally, "in consequence of."
Aha—(Compare Ps 35:21, 25).Psalms 88:3-6
3. grave—literally, "hell" (Ps 16:10), death in wide sense.
4. go . . . pit—of destruction (Ps 28:1).
as a man—literally, "a stout man," whose strength is utterly gone.5. Free . . . dead—Cut off from God's care, as are the slain, who, falling under His wrath, are left, no longer sustained by His hand.
6. Similar figures for distress in Ps 63:9; 69:3.
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