I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. My spirit was overwhelmed - As the verb is in the hithpaeI conjugation, the word must mean my spirit was overpowered in itself. It purposed to involve itself in this calamity. I felt exquisitely for my poor suffering countrymen.
"The generous mind is not confined at home;
It spreads itself abroad through all the public,
And feels for every member of the land."