‘Bow down your ear to me'

Deliver me speedily.

Be you to me a strong rock,

A house of defence to save me.

For you are my rock and my fortress,

Therefore for your name's sake lead me and guide me.

Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me,

For you are my stronghold.

He now calls on God to ‘bow down His ear to him' and deliver him speedily, and because He is his rock and fortress, He asks Him to excel Himself by being to him a strong Rock, and a mighty Stronghold (a house of defence). He is fully confident in God's protection. And then, because He is such a stronghold, he wants Him to lead him and guide him for His Name's sake. Indeed he asks that YHWH will pluck him out of the net laid secretly for him by his enemies. His full confidence is put in the protective power of God.

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