Psa 88:5-6, 143:3, Eze 37:13 | JFB | e4.org | 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.

‏ Psalms 88:5-6

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.

‏ Psalms 143:3

3, 4. The exciting reason for his prayer—his afflictions—led to confession as just made: he now makes the complaint.

as those that have been long dead—deprived of life's comforts (compare Ps 40:15; 88:3-6).

‏ Ezekiel 37:13

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