Kill them not, lest my people forget; make them totter by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield!
David's house was under siege, every escape blocked by Saul's soldiers sent to kill him. His wife Michal contrived the deception that saved him that night, but he rested his hope on God alone; without the wonderful preservation of the Lord, no human artifice could have delivered him from certain death.
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Commenting on Psalm 59:1-17
Slay them not, lest my people forget. It argues great faith on David's part, that even while his house was surrounded by his enemies he is yet so fully sure of their overthrow, and so completely realises it in his own mind, that he puts in a detailed petition that they may not be too soon or too fully exterminated.
In danger, I will wait upon God as my defence and high place. The God of my mercy will prevent my fears and prayers, being better to me than my own expectations. What mercy there is in God is laid up for me, ready to be laid out upon me.
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Commenting on Psalm 59:8-17