Wesley Corpus

Evil - Doth not evil or trouble come out of God's mouth from his direction, and providence, as well as good Wherefore - The Jews, check themselves in their complaints from the consideration, that nothing had befallen them, but what was the just reward of their sins. Thou - Thou hast plagued us according to the just desert of our sins. Mine eye - The prophet speaks this of himself. Dungeon - Dungeon seems here to be taken for the lowest condition of misery. Cut off - I am undone, there is no hope for me. Heard - In former afflictions. Hide not - Shew me now the same favour. O Lord - Thou hast been wont to take my part against my enemies. Seen - Thou hast been a witness to all their fury. I am - At feasts, and at their merry meetings, I am all the subject of their discourse. Persecute - Many passages of this nature which we meet with are prophecies, some of them may be both prophecies and prayers.