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**Title. Maschil** = Instruction. See App-65 .
**of David** = by David.
**when . . . cave.** Adullam ([1 Samuel 22:1](../../../kjv/1-samuel/22/1) ) or En-gedi ([1 Samuel 24:3](../../../kjv/1-samuel/24/3) ). The last of eight Psalms referring to this subject.
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .

**spirit.** Hebrew. *ruach.* App-9 .
**was overwhelmed** = fainted. Hebrew = was darkened. Compare [Psalms 77:3](../../../kjv/psalms/77/3) ; [Psalms 107:5](../../../kjv/psalms/107/5) ; [Psalms 143:4](../../../kjv/psalms/143/4) . Elsewhere only [Jonah 2:8](../../../kjv/jonah/2/8) , and [Lamentations 2:12](../../../kjv/lamentations/2/12) .
**then** = then [I remembered] Thou knewest, &c.

**beheld.** Supply Ellipsis: "beheld [on my left hand], but", &c.
**know** = regard, or recognize.
**my soul** = me (emphatic). Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .

**the land of the living.** See note on [Ezekiel 26:20](../../../kjv/ezekiel/26/20) .

**persecutors** = pursuers.

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