I will not contend for ever] I will not use my power as I might, against frail man, whose life is but a blast, or a breath, Genesis 6. 3. Job 37:23. Psal. 78. 38, 39. much lesse against mine own weak and tender hearted ones, Chap. 42. 3. Psal. 103. 9,—16. the spirit should fail] Heb. be covered. Psalms 61:3. and Psalms 102:1. Would faint; being overwhelmed and oppressed with horror and despair, Lamentations 2:11-12; Lamentations 2:19. I have made] Genesis 2:7. Ecclesiastes 12:7.