18. my blood--that is, my undeserved suffering. He compares himself
to one murdered, whose blood the earth refuses to drink up until he is
avenged
(Ge 4:10, 11;
Eze 24:1, 8;
Isa 26:21).
The Arabs say that the dew of heaven will not descend on a spot watered
with innocent blood (compare
2Sa 1:21).
no place--no resting-place. "May my cry never stop!" May it go
abroad! "Earth" in this verse in antithesis to "heaven"
(Job 16:19).
May my innocence be as well-known to man as it is even now to
God!
JFB.
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