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« To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. » In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

A Psalm of David — Made, say Vatablus and others, at that time when Saul pursued David in the wilderness of Maon, 1 Samuel 23:24 . But by many circumstances and passages of this psalm it appeareth more probable that it was, as the former, composed when Absalom was up, 2 Samuel 15:10-12 Sss Psalms 31:11-12 ; Psalms 31:22 of this psalm, with 2 Samuel 17:24 ; 2 Samuel 17:27 ; 2 Samuel 19:33 ; Joseph. Antiq. lib. 7, cap. 9.

In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust — Hic Psalmus varia mixtus et magna effectuum vicissitudine insignis est. This psalm is strangely mixed and made up of many and divers passions and petitions, according to the change of times and estate. In the time of affliction he prayeth, in the time of consolation he praiseth the Lord, Ecclesiastes 7:15 . In these three first verses is little said but what had been before said, and is already opened.

Let me never be ashamed — i.e. Repulsed, worsted, defeated.

In thy righteousness — And not according to mine own righteousnes, saith Kimchi, or, according to thy faithfulness.

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Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

Bow down thine ear to me, deliver me — This repetition of his petition is no vain babbling, as Matthew 6:9 , but an effect and an evidence of greatest earnestness, as Matthew 26:44 .

For an house of defence — Where the enemy can as little hurt me as when I was in the hold, 1 Samuel 22:4 .

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For thou [art] my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.

For thou art my rock and my fortress — Such places David had been forced to fly to; but still he trusted in God.

Lead me, and guide me — Duc me, et deduc me. A metaphor from captains and generals, who lead on their armies with greatest art and industry (Vatab.).

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Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou [art] my strength.

Pull me out of the net — That noted net, as the Hebrew hath it; Nam Zu denotat rem notam omnibus, saith Kimchi. David was not caught in it; but the enemies presumed he would be, so selling the hide before the beast was taken; as did likewise the proud Spaniards, when, coming against England in 1588, they triumphed before the victory, and sang,

Hispano disces subdere cells iugo.

But blessed be God, the net brake, and we escaped, Psalms 124:7 .

For thou art my strength — As a tree is strongest at the root, and a branch or bough next the trunk or stock, and the farther it groweth out from thence the smaller and weaker it groweth too; so the nearer the creature is to God the stronger; and on the contrary.

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Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

Into thine hand I commit my spirit — So did our Saviour, so did St Stephen, and divers of the dying martyrs, with these very words, most apt and apposite surely for such a purpose. But what a wretch was that Huberus, who died with these words in his mouth, I yield my goods to the king, my body to the grave, and my soul to the devil.

Thou hast redeemed — And so hast best right unto me.

O Lord God of truth — I know whom I have trusted.

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I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

I have hated them that regard lying vanities — i.e. Idols, or aught else besides the living God, who giveth us all things richly to enjoy, 1 Timothy 6:17 John 2:8 . See Trapp on " Jonah 2:8 " Vanitates vanitatis, Vatablus rendereth it, and telleth us that some understand it of astrology. R. David doth so in this note of his upon the text, Astrologos et incantatores in fuga mea non consului, sed in Domino et prophetis eius confisus sum; I have not consulted astrologers and soothsayers in my trouble, but have trusted to the Lord and his prophets.

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I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

I will be glad and rejoice — In the midst of trouble faith will find matter of joy; as extracting abundance of comfort in most desperate distresses from the precious promises and former experiences.

Thou hast known my soul in adversity — God knows our souls best, Psalms 1:6 , and we know him best, in adversity. Isaiah 63:16 , the Church thought she should know him in the midst of all his austerities.

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And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

Thou hast not shut me up, … — i.e. Not given me into their power. See Psalms 27:12 .

Thou hast set my feet in a large room — So that I can freely and fearlessly go in and out. See Psalms 25:15 .

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