Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; But Jehovah helped me.
Thou hast thrust sore at me, "Thrusting, thou hast thrust at me." It is a vigorous apostrophe, in which the enemy is described as concentrating all his thrusting power into the thrusts which he gave to the man of God. He thrust again and again with the keenest point, even as bees thrust their stings into their victim.
Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me. (e) He notes Saul his chief enemy.
David reached the throne not by his own wit or men's favor, but appointed by God Himself. He had faced mortal dangers a hundred times over; God alone delivered him. This temporal kingdom figures the eternal spiritual kingdom of Christ, in whom David's person is fulfilled.
AI summary
Commenting on Psalm 118:1-29