Psalms Chapter 44 verse 19 Holy Bible
That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
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Though you have let us be crushed in the place of jackals, though we are covered with darkest shade.
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Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
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Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
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Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
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Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
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But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 19. - Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons; rather, in the place of jackals; i.e. in wild and desolate regions, where jackals abound (comp. Isaiah 13:22; Isaiah 34:13). The expression is probably used metaphorically. And covered us with the shadow of death. Brought us, i.e., into imminent peril of destruction (see vers. 10, 11).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(19) In the place of dragons.--This expression evidently means a wild desert place, from comparison with Jeremiah 9:11; Jeremiah 10:22; Jeremiah 49:33. So Aquila has "an uninhabitable place." The rendering dragons for tannim arose from its resemblance to tannin (sea monster). The tan must be a wild beast, since it is connected with ostriches (Isaiah 34:13) and wild asses, whom it resembles in snuffing up the wind (Jeremiah 14:6), and is described as uttering a mournful howl (Isaiah 43:20; Micah 1:8; Job 30:29). The jackal is the animal that best answers these requirements. The LXX. and Vulg., which give various different renderings for the word, have here, "in the place of affliction." . . .
