Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Corinthians 4:8

8 We are troubled on every side , yet not distressed ; we are perplexed , but not in despair :

We are many ways, indeed every way afflicted, afflicted with all sorts of afflictions;

but yet we are not like persons cooped up into a strait place, so as they are not able to turn them, nor know which way to move (so the word signifies.)

We are perplexed, the word signifies doubting, uncertain what shall become of us, or how God will dispose of us; f[illegible: 1 letter]ll of anxious troublesom thoughts about what shall be our lot in the World; but

yet not despairing of the help, present, support and assistance of God.

Marginal references: Or, not [illegible: 1 word] the[illegible: 1 letter] without help or [illegible: 1 word]