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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit,.... The Targum interprets it of
"captivity which was like unto the lowest pit;''…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit - That is, I am as if I were thus laid; the deep grave seems now to lie so certainly…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Psalms 88:1-9
It should seem, by the titles of this and the following psalm, that Heman was the penman of the one and Ethan of the…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Thou hast laid me God is treating him as though he were actually dead. The same word is used in the same connexion in…
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