Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
bottle in the smoke—as a skin bottle dried and shriveled up in smoke, so is he withered by sorrow. Wine bottles of skin used to be hung up in smoke to dry them, before the wine was put in them [MAURER].
CAPH. (Psalms 119:81-88).
In sorrow the pious heart yearns for the comforts of God's promises (Psalms 73:26; Psalms 84:2).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Psalms 119:83:
Psalms 119:81-83
Lamentations 5:10
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