Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Isa 38:14

“I will cry like a young swallow, I will meditate like a dove: my eyes are weakened looking upward: Lord, I suffer violence, answer thou for me.”

“Rather, "Like a swallow, or a crane" (from a root; "to disturb the water," a bird frequenting the water) [MAURER], (Jer 8:7). chatter--twitter: broken sounds expressive of pain. dove--called by the Arabs the daughter of mourning, from its plaintive note (Isa 59:11). looking upward--to God for relief. undertake for--literally, "be surety for" me; assure me that I shall be restored (Psa 119:122).”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.