Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 35:14

14. I behaved my self as though he had been my friend, Or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother .

Heb. I walked, Either to him, to visit and Comfort him. Or, about the Streets▪ whither my Occasions led me. Though [illegible: 1+ letters]alking is oft put for a Man's Carriage or Conversation.

Went hanging down my Head, as Mourners used to do, Isa. 58. 5.

He mentions the Mother rather than the Father, Either, because her tender Affection and Care, and Kindness to him, had more won upon his Heart, and made him more sensible of the Loss; Or, because through the Depravation of Man's Nature, Children are many times less sensible of their Fathers loss; Or, Death because it is Compensated with some Advantage to themselves, which doth not usually happen upon the Mothers Death. Some render it, as a Mourning Mother, for the loss of her Son. But this doth not seem to suit so well with the Order of the Hebrew Words.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word]. w[illegible: 1+ letters]ked.; [illegible: 1 word]. as [illegible: 1+ letters] [illegible: 1 word], [illegible: 1 word] a Bro [illegible: 1+ letters] [illegible: 1 word].