For — This is not a reason of what he last said, but an argument to enforce his petition delivered, Psalms 143:1. Soul — My life; nothing less will satisfy him. Dead — I am in as hopeless a condition in the eye of man, as those that have lain long in the grave.
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Psalms 143:3
3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.