Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
Ver. 19. Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons] i.e. In deserts haunted by dragons, see Isaiah 34:13; Isaiah 35:7, whereinto we are driven in banishment, and there hast crushed us, and covered us with the shadow of death, i.e. deadly calamity (Or. κακωσεως).