1)

What is "mi'Bor Sha'on"?

1.

Rashi: From bondage in Egypt, and from Sha'on (the clamor of) the sea.

2.

Radak: It is a pit with much water. This is like "ki'Sh'on Mayim Kabirim" (Yeshayah 17:12). "Bor" is a metaphor for their illness. Just like one who falls in a pit fears lest he drown in its water or mud, so a Choleh fears lest he die from his illness.

3.

Malbim: It is a pit full of raging, rising water.

2)

What is "Tit ha'Yaven"?

1.

Rashi: It is the sea. Ha'Yaven is an expression of mud. Radak - Tit is Samuch to ha'Yaven, even though both of them mean the same, to teach all kinds of mud - thick and thin. This is like "Admas Afar" (Daniel 12:2).

2.

Malbim: It is sticky mud (quicksand); one who falls there cannot rise from it.

3)

Why does it say "va'Yakem Al Sela Raglai"?

1.

Malbim: Not only did He raise me from the pit. He lifted me onto a fortress, a place where my enemies cannot reach.

4)

What is the meaning of "Konen Ashurai"?

1.

Rashi: He prepared my steps [Radak - when I ascended from the pit; I did not slip. I.e. my illness did not worsen.

2.

Malbim: You established my steps there strongly.

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