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A classic in conservative biblical scholarship! Beginning with the nature and format of the Old Testament, this evangelical commentary examines historical and literary aspects of the text, as well as grammatical and philological issues. Hebrew words and grammar are used, but usually in context, so you can follow the train of thought. This is the 1996 revised edition from Hendrickson, and it...

“there are no pangs for their death, i.e., that bring death to them,” ought to be expressed by לָהֶם לַמָּוֶת. The clause as it stands affirms that their dying has no pangs, i.e., it is a painless death; but not merely does this assertion not harmonize with vv. 18f., but it is also introduced too early here, since the poet cannot surely begin the description of the good fortune of the ungodly with the painlessness of their death, and then for the first time come to speak of their healthy condition.
Volume 5, Page 488