Oh, guard my soul, and deliver me! Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.
David does not waver and gaze about like the heathen, seeking help from the world while forsaking God; he directs all his desires and prayers to God alone. Nothing is more opposed to true prayer than to waver between the creature and the Creator.
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Commenting on Psalm 25:1-22
O keep my soul out of evil, and deliver me when I fall into it. This is another version of the prayer, "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. " Let me not be ashamed. This is the one fear which like a ghost haunted the psalmist's mind. He trembled lest his faith should become the subject of ridicule through the extremity of his affliction.
David's feet are caught in the net, entangled so he cannot free himself; his troubles multiply until his heart swells with melancholy and pain. Sense of sin afflicts him more than anything else, wounding his spirit and making all outward troubles weigh heavily upon him.
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Commenting on Psalm 25:15-22