I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
The verse gives voice to intense inner turmoil and a deep sense of human need, portraying one who is feeble and broken and cries out from a troubled heart. It is an utterance of inward distress and suffering, laying bare the disquiet of the heart.
That anguished inward distress proves that conscience was active under the old dispensation. The inner moral and emotional power was present and at work, even though the Old Testament does not use the word conscience.
The verse also forms part of a prophetic picture of Christ's inner suffering in his life-and-death conflict with the enemy. It reveals a profound distress and struggle beyond the outward events shown in the Gospels, showing that he suffered under temptation and can therefore help those who are tempted. The plea of the feeble and broken heart is answered by Christ's invitation to come to him for rest. The verse applies as well to a feeble religion marked by an aching, unsatisfied heart and an inward wound that remains unhealed.
The verse gives voice to intense inner turmoil and a deep sense of human need, portraying one who is feeble and broken and cries out from a troubled heart. It is an utterance of inward distress and suffering, laying bare the disquiet of the heart.
That anguished inward distress proves that conscience was active under the old dispensation. The inner moral and emotional power was present and at work, even though the Old Testament does not use the word conscience.
The verse also forms part of a prophetic picture of Christ's inner suffering in his life-and-death conflict with the enemy. It reveals a profound distress and struggle beyond the outward events shown in the Gospels, showing that he suffered under temptation and can therefore help those who are tempted. The plea of the feeble and broken heart is answered by Christ's invitation to come to him for rest. The verse applies as well to a feeble religion marked by an aching, unsatisfied heart and an inward wound that remains unhealed.