...Smoke j my Heart is fmitren, and withereth like Grafs, fo that I forget to cat my Bread j by reafbn of the Voice of my Groaning, my Bones cleave to my Skin. Mine Enemies reproach me all the Day, and they that arc mad againfl me have fworn (e) againft me. My...

...rfjfliftion. My Courage fails ; my Spirits ar-e wafted by the Greacnefs of my Sorrow ; by reafon of the Vo\ce of my Groaning, my Bones cleave to my Skin : I am like a Pelican in the Wilderncfs, a lonely, folitary Creature. / watch, and em like a Sparrow upon the Houfe Top :...

...call, answer me speedily. For my days are consumed like 4 smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. My heart is smitten, and withered like grass ; so that I forget to eat my 5 bread. By reason of the voice of my groaning 1 am .vo reduced 6 that my bones cleave to my skin....

...punishment for past sins, a remedy for present temptations) and a preservative against future. Psa. cii. 4. My heart is smitten, and withered like grass ; so that I forget to eat my bread. The humble and afflicted soul is not much concerned to please appetite. Luke. vi. 25. Wo unto you,...

...cannot think of any earthly comforts ; no, not so much as of my necessary sus-' tenauce. . , CII. 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness : I am like an owl of the desert. wilderness ; where, either none heareth them, or those that da hear them hate their noise as portending...

...come unto thee. Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble ; incline thine ear unto me. My heart is smitten, and withered like grass ; so that I forget to eat my bread," &c. After the psalmist had thus described the case of the afflicted, he brings to mind the following...

...no, not so much as of my necessary sustenance. CII. 4 So that I forget to eat my bread. CII. 6 Iam like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. I am left and forsaken of all; and live, like one of those solitary and dismal birds, which shriek out...

...like dry wood. I am cut down like grass : my heart is withered : because I have forgotten to eat 5 my bread. By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones 6 have cleaved to my flesh. I am become like a pelican of the de7 sert : I am like a night hawk on...

...an hearth. 4 My heart is smitten, und withered like j gra-ss ; so that 1 forget to eat my bread. : 5 hath strengthened the bars of thy gates ; he hath blessed thy chi 6 I am like a peHcan of the wilderness : I am like an owl of the desert. 7 I watch, and am as a sparrow...

...consumed away like smoke, and my bones are burnt up as it were a firebrand. 4 My heart is smitten down, and withered like grass ; so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 For the voice of my groaning, my bones will scarce cleave to my flesh. 6 I am become like a pelican...