Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
doeth violence . . . blood, etc.—or, that is oppressed by the blood of life (Genesis 9:6), which he has taken.
to the pit—the grave or destruction (Proverbs 1:12; Job 33:18-24; Psalms 143:7).
stay him—sustain or deliver him.
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