_A.M. 2944. B.C. 1060._
This Psalm, which the title ascribes to David, was undoubtedly
composed by him during his troubles, and occasioned by the persecution
which he suffered from Saul, and the malicious and treacherous
dealings of Doeg and the Zyphites. David prays and hopes for
deliverance from... [ Continue Reading ]
_Deliver me from the evil man_ Either Saul, or Doeg, or some other
malicious enemy, or rather enemies; the word _man_ being taken
collectively for _men_, as appears from the next verse. _Continually,
are they gathered_, &c. To execute those bloody enterprises which they
have devised. _They have shar... [ Continue Reading ]
_Keep me from the hands of the wicked_ Hebrew, רשׁע, _the wicked
man._ Let him not prevail to take away my life, my reputation, my
interest, or my comfort, or to prevent my coming to the throne.
_Preserve me from the violent man_ Hebrew, מאישׁ חמסים, (as
also in Psalms 140:1,) _from the man of viole... [ Continue Reading ]
_Hear the voice of my supplication_ The more malice appears in our
enemies against us, and the greater efforts they use to injure us, the
more earnest ought we to be in prayer to God, after the example of
David here, to take us under his protection. On him believers may
depend for security, and may... [ Continue Reading ]
_As for the head of those_, &c. Bishop Hare connects this clause with
the preceding, and translates the passage thus; _Let not those that
beset me lift up the head. Let the mischief of their own lips cover
them _ Let the evil, which by their calumnies they design to bring
upon me fall upon themselve... [ Continue Reading ]
_I know_, &c. Both by God's word, who hath promised it, and by my own
experience of it in the course of God's providence; _that the Lord
will maintain the cause of the afflicted_, &c. That he will not suffer
_might_ always to prevail against _right_, though it be but the right
of the poor. God is, a... [ Continue Reading ]