Psalms 25:17

“25:17-18 The psalmist can find no relief (see 4:1; 13:1-2) as his problems go from bad to worse. He associates his anguish with sin, but he does not elaborate on the nature of his sin (see 25:7, 11).”

“Psa 34:19, Psa 38:1-8, Psa 42:7, Psa 77:2-4; Hab 3:17-19; Co1 4:11-13; Co2 4:8, Co2 4:9 Psalms 25:18”

“The Hiph. הרחיב signifies to make broad, and as a transitive denominative applied to the mind and heart: to make a broad space = to expand one's self (cf. as to the idea, Lam 2:13, "great as the sea is thy misfortune"), lxx ἐπληθύνθησαν, perhaps originally it was ἐπλατηύνθησαν. Accordingly הרחיבוּ is admissible so far as language is concerned; but since it gives only a poor antithesis to צרות it is to be suspected. The original text undoubtedly was הרחיב וממצוקותי (הרחיב, as in Psa 77:2, or הרחיב, as e.g., in Kg2 8:6): the straits of my heart do Thou enlarge (cf. Psa 119:32; Co2 6:11) and bring me out of my distresses (Hitzig and others). Psalms 25:18”