5. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me. Like housebreakers these robbers were entering his soul. Like one who
feels a fainting fit coming over him, so the oppressed suppliant was falling
into a state of terror. His fear was so great as to make him tremble. He did
not know what would happen next, or how soon the worst would come. The sly,
mysterious whisperings of slander often cause a noble mind far more fear than
open antagonism; we can be brave against an open foe. And horror hath overwhelmed me. He was as one enveloped in a darkness that might be felt.
As Jonah went down into the sea, so did David appear to go down into deeps of
horror. He was brought into a hideous state of suspense and mortal
apprehension.
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