Psalm 107:5

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Verse 5. Their soul fainted in them. The word here used, pj[, ataph, means properly to cover, to clothe, as with a garment, Psalms 73:6 ; or a field with grain, Psalms 65:13 ; then, to hide oneself, Job 23:9 ; then to cover with darkness, Psalms 77:3 and the title of Ps 102:1-28 thus it denotes the state of mind when darkness seems to be in the way -- a way of calamity, trouble, sorrow; of weakness, faintness, feebleness. Here it would seem from the connexion to refer to the exhaustion produced by the want of food and drink. -- Albert Barnes.

 

HINTS FOR PASTORS AND LAYPERSONS

Verse 5. Spiritual hunger the cause of faintness. Necessity of feeding the soul.