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**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .
**My voice and my supplications** = My supplicating voice. Figure of speech *Hendiadys.* App-6 . So some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "the voice of my supplication".

**sorrows** = cords. Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), App-6 , for the pains produced by them.
**hell** = Sheol. See App-35 .
**gat hold.** Figure of speech *Prosopopoeia.* App-6 .

**Then called** I = I will call, as in [Psalms 116:13](../../../kjv/psalms/116/13) . See the Structure.
**my soul** = me (emphatic). Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .

**Gracious.** Compare [Exodus 34:6](../../../kjv/exodus/34/6) , [Exodus 34:7](../../../kjv/exodus/34/7) .
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 .
**merciful** = full of compassion.

**simple** = sincere or guileless ones; not "foolish" in the modern usage.

**rest.** Plural for emphasis.
**For** = Because.

**I believed** = I believed[Him]. Quoted in [2 Corinthians 4:13](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/4/13) .

**haste** = hasting.
**All men.** Hebrew. *'adam* (with Art.) = all humanity.
**liars:** or false.

**What shall I render . . . ?** Note the answer in next verse.

**I will take.** The way to render thanks is to receive yet more grace.
**And call** = And [I will] call.

**Precious.** See note on [1 Samuel 3:1](../../../kjv/1-samuel/3/1) .
**saints** = separated ones.

**offer** = sacrifice. Hebrew. *zabach.* App-43 .

**Praise ye THE LORD** = Hallelu-Jah. See App-4 .

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