He sent his word. and healed them; rather, he sends his word, and heals them (see the Revised Version). The "word" intended may be a message sent by a human messenger, like the "word" sent to Hezekiah in.
his sickness (2 Kings 20:4; Isaiah 38:4); or it may be a thought suggested to the mind either directly by God, or by an angel, like that spoken of in Job 33:23, Job 33:24; or, lastly, it may be the actual Word of God (John 1:1), the Son, sent by the Father.
But this last sense can scarcely have been in the writer's mind. And delivered them from their destructions; or, "from their grave-pits" (Kay, Cheyne). The word used occurs only here and in Lain. Job 4:20, where it is translated "pits."