Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
Ver. 10. Remove thy stroke away from me] Having first prayed off his sin, he would now pray off his pain, though it less troubled him; and for ease he repaireth to Jehovah, that healeth as well as woundeth, Hosea 6:1 .
- nam qui tibi vulnera fecit,
Solus Achilleo tollere more potest
(Ovid. Trist).
I am consumed by the blow of thine hand ] Heb. By the conflict or buffetings. Oh, keep out of his fingers, for it is a fearful thing to fall into them, Hebrews 10:31 , Cavebis autem si pavebis.