Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 38:14

14. Like a crane or a swallow , so did I chatter : I did mourn as a dove ; mine eyes fail with looking upward : O LORD, I am oppressed , undertake for me .

Or, a crane and [illegible: 1+ letters]llow; the conjunction, and, being here, as it is Hab. 3. 11. and elsewhere, understood, as is manifest from Ier. 8. 7. where it is expressed with these very words.

My complaint and cry was like to the noise of a Swallow, quick and frequent; and like that of a Crane, loud and frightful. And this very Comparison is used of Mourners, not onely in Scripture, but in other Authors; concerning which, the Learned Reader may consult my Latine Synopsis.

Whose mournful Tone is observed, Isa. 59. 11. Ezek▪ 9. 16. and elsewhere.

Whilst I lift up mine Eyes and Heart to God for relief, but in vain.

By my Disease, which like a Serjeant hath seized upon me, and is haling me to the Prison of the Grave.

Stop the Execution, and rescue me out of his hands.

Marginal references: Or, ease me.