For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
The plea of His prayer; he is now arrived at such a crisis of anguish, and restlessness of body and mind, that God cannot but interpose to save from destruction His praying child.
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. The same Hebrew ( nachat (H5181)) is translated differently in the two clauses. The common idea in both is downward pressure. Compare as to the "arrows" - i:e., the chastisements of sin sent by God - Job 6:4; Deuteronomy 32:23. As to the heavy pressure of God's hand, cf. Psalms 32:4; Psalms 39:10.