The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
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Interpretation
We have many reasons for loving the Lord, but are most affected by his loving-kindness when relieved out of deep distress. When a poor sinner is awakened to a sense of his state, and fears that he must soon sink under the just wrath of God, then he finds trouble and sorrow.