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John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 119:107

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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I am afflicted very much, etc.] In a temporal sense, in his body, in his family, and by his enemies; in a spiritual sense, with the corruptions of his heart, with the temptations of Satan, and with the hidings of God’s face; and what with one thing or another, he was pressed above measure, and his spirits sunk under the weight of the affliction, so that he was as a dead man; and therefore prays, quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word; (see Gill on “<19B925>Psalm 119:25”).
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