Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 77:2

2 In the day of my trouble I sought the LORD; my fore ran in the night , and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted .

The hand in the Hebrew Tongue, and Scripture use, is oft pu[illegible: 1+ letters] for a blow or stroke given by the hand. Heb. My hand or hands (the singular number being frequently put for the plural) flowed or poured forth, (i. e.) Spread abroad to God in Prayer. This Phrase he useth rather, than were stretched out, which is frequent in like Cases, to imply that his Case was low and almost desperate, his Spirits and strength quite gone, so that he was not able to stretch them out, as he had done.

Which to others was a time of rest and quietness, but to me of Torment.

I rejected all those Consolations, which either my Friends, or my own Mind suggested to me.

Marginal references: Heb. my hand.