Psalms 64:1

in my prayer R.V., in my complaint. Cp. Psalms 55:2; Psalms 55:17; 1 Samuel 1:16.

preserve&c. From the enemy's terror the alarm which he excites thou wilt guard my life (Psalms 12:7; Psalms 61:7). The common rendering of the verbs in this and the following line as imperatives (-preserve" -hide"), though legitimate, seems to miss the shade of meaning intended by the change from the imperative -hear." From petition the Psalmist passes at once to the language of confident anticipation, such as we find in Psalms 16:10 f.