1._Save me, O God! _As David was at this time placed beyond the reach of human assistance, he must be understood as praying to be saved by the _name _and _the power of God, _In an emphatical sense, or by these in contradistinction to the usual means of deliverance. Though all help must ultimately co... [ Continue Reading ]
2._Hear my prayer, O God! _The language is expressive of his earnestness. He was led to this fervor of supplication by the extremity of his present circumstances, which is alluded to in the following verse, where he complains of being surrounded by men fierce, barbarous, and unrestrained by a sense... [ Continue Reading ]
4._Behold! God is my helper _Such language as this may show us that David did not direct his prayers at random into the air, but offered them in the exercise of a lively faith. There is much force in the demonstrative adverb. He points, as it were, with the finger, to that God who stood at his side... [ Continue Reading ]
5._He shall reward evil unto mine enemies _As the verb ישיב _, yashib, _may be rendered _he shall cause to return, _(292) it seems to point not only at the punishment, but the kind of punishment, which would be awarded to his enemies, in the recoiling of their wicked machinations upon their own head... [ Continue Reading ]
6._I will freely sacrifice unto thee. _According to his usual custom, he engages, provided deliverance should be granted, to feel a grateful sense of it; and there can be no doubt that he here promises also to return thanks to God, in a formal manner, when he should enjoy an opportunity of doing so.... [ Continue Reading ]