The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.
The troubles of my heart. "The troubles" - lit, 'straitnesses' ( tsaarowt (H6869)), standing in emphatic contrast to "enlarged." His many troubles drive him to the only One who can bring him out of them all. As the first clause of Psalms 25:17 answers to the last clause of Psalms 25:16, so also the last clause of Psalms 25:17 answers to the first clause of Psalms 25:16.
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