Psalms 55:16-21

As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.

-Third strophe. His confident hope, resting upon the grounds stated in the previous prayer.

Verse 16,17. As for me ... Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray ( 'aasiychaah (H7878), from siyach (H7878)) - literally, 'meditate;' meditative prayer. The Hebrews, in counting their day, began it with the evening. This and morning and mid-day form the three turning points of the whole day; so that he who wished to consecrate the whole day to God (Luke 18:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:17) would naturally connect these three with stated prayer (Daniel 6:10; Acts 10:9). Evening and morning prayers were at least as old as the evening and morning sacrifice; and this passage implies that the custom which we know prevailed subsequently, of the three-fold time of prayer, was probably in existence in David's time.

And cry aloud - vehement earnestness like that of Jesus in the days of his flesh (Hebrews 5:7), not irreverent Verse 21. The words of his mouth were smoother than butter. So the Chaldaic. The parallelism also favours this - "smoother than butter," answering to "softer than oil." [The reading thus will be meechªmaa'owt (H4260).] But the present reading х machªmaa'ot (H4260)] is literally, 'smooth are the butter-masses (i:e., the sweetnesses) of his mouth.'