John Trapp on Psalms 38:2

Verſ. 2. For thine arrows ſtick faſt in me] i. e. Sickneſſes of body, R. Obadiah. Deus amatquod ſagittat. Aug. and troubles of minde, Job 6.4. Pſal. 18.14. the Jew-Doctors ſay, that he had a Leproſie for fix Months; and that the Divine preſence was taken away from him; ſo that he complained not without cauſe. But theſe were ſagitta ſalut is, ſaith Chryſoſtom, Arrows of Salvation, Love-tokens from the Lord, not unlike Jonathans arrows, 1 Sam. 20.36. and he had been fore-warned of them by Nathan the Prophet; 1 Sam. 12 and ſo bore them the better. Praeviſa jacula minus forinnt, Darts fore-ſeen are in a manner dintleſs.

And thine band preſſeth me ſore] Heb. Thou letteſt down thy hand up[illegible: 1 letter]s me. Now Gods hand is a mighty band, 1 Pet. 5.6. and the weight of it is importable, but that Ʋna eadem que manus, &c.