10. A sense of the divine wrath which had been manifested in the overthrow
of the chosen nation and their sad captivity led the psalmist into the greatest
distress. He felt like a sere leaf caught up by a hurricane and carried right
away, or the spray of the sea which is dashed upwards that it may be scattered
and dissolved. Our translation gives the idea of a vessel uplifted in order
that it may be dashed to the earth with all the greater violence. The first
interpretation which we have given is, however, more fully in accordance with
the original, and sets forth the utter helplessness which the writer felt, and
the sense of overpowering terror which bore him along in a rush of tumultuous
grief which he could not withstand.
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