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**Title. A Song.** Hebrew. *shir* . See App-65 : viz. one of the Songs promised by Hezekiah in [Isaiah 38:20](../../../kjv/isaiah/38/20) .
**degrees** = the degrees, or steps. Hebrew. *hamma'aloth* (with Art.): i.e. the "degrees" mentioned six times in [2 Kings 20:8-11](../../../kjv/2-kings/20/8-11) , and five times in [Isaiah 38:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/38/8) (Hebrew) No other "degrees" known to Scripture which are connected with the shadow of the sun. For the origin, authorship, examination, and Structure, see App-67 , and note on p. 827.
**distress.** The first Psalm of each of the five groups speaks of DISTRESS; the second of TRUST; the third of BLESSING AND PEACE IN ZION. The distress, here, refers to Sennacherib *'* s siege of Jerusalem ([2 Kings 19:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/19/3) .[Isaiah 37:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/37/3); [Isaiah 37:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/37/3) ).
**cried.** See [2 Kings 19:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/19/3) , [2 Kings 19:4](../../../kjv/2-kings/19/4) , 2Ki 19:14-19 . [2 Chronicles 32:20](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/32/20) . [Isaiah 37:15-20](../../../kjv/isaiah/37/15-20) ; [Isaiah 38:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/38/2) , [Isaiah 38:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/38/3) . See App-67 .
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .
**heard** = answered.

**Deliver** = Pluck me. Hebrew. *nazal.* Same word as in [Psalms 119:170](../../../kjv/psalms/119/170) . The reference is to [2 Kings 18:30](../../../kjv/2-kings/18/30) , [2 Kings 18:32](../../../kjv/2-kings/18/32) .
**my soul** = me. Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .
**lips.** Hebrew = lip: i.e. Rab-shakeh's. The reference is to [2 Kings 18:19-35](../../../kjv/2-kings/18/19-35) ; [2 Kings 19:8-13](../../../kjv/2-kings/19/8-13) . [2 Chronicles 32:10-19](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/32/10-19) . [Isaiah 36:4-20](../../../kjv/isaiah/36/4-20) ; [Isaiah 37:8-13](../../../kjv/isaiah/37/8-13) . See App-67 .
**tongue.** Figure of speech *Epistrophe* ( App-6 ), with "tongue", [Psalms 120:3](../../../kjv/psalms/120/3) .

**done** = heaped upon: i.e. added to. Compare [1 Samuel 3:17](../../../kjv/1-samuel/3/17) ; [1 Samuel 20:13](../../../kjv/1-samuel/20/13) , &c.

**mighty** = Mighty [One].

**Mesech . . . Kedar.** Used typically of cruel and merciless peoples; as we use the terms Vandals, Goths, Philistines.

**him.** Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "them".

**I** = I [even I]; or, I [am all] peace (emphatic).
**speak** = speak [of peace]. See note on [Psalms 109:4](../../../kjv/psalms/109/4) .
**they are for war.** The reference is to [2 Kings 18:19](../../../kjv/2-kings/18/19) . [2 Chronicles 32:2](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/32/2) .[Isaiah 36:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/36/5) .

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