Psalms 17 - Introduction
* David's integrity. (1-7) The character of his enemies. His hope of happiness. (8-15)... [ Continue Reading ]
* David's integrity. (1-7) The character of his enemies. His hope of happiness. (8-15)... [ Continue Reading ]
1-7 This psalm is a prayer. Feigned prayers are fruitless; but if our hearts lead our prayers, God will meet them with his favour. The psalmist had been used to pray, so that it was not his distress and danger that now first brought him to his duty. And he was encouraged by his faith to expect God... [ Continue Reading ]
8-15 Being compassed with enemies, David prays to God to keep him in safety. This prayer is a prediction that Christ would be preserved, through all the hardships and difficulties of his humiliation, to the glories and joys of his exalted state, and is a pattern to Christians to commit the keeping... [ Continue Reading ]