Ver. 1. Make haste, O God, to deliver me] As a father runs without legs when his child is hazarded.
Ver. 2. Let them be ashamed] See Psalms 40:14 35:26,27.
Ver. 3. Let them be turned back for a reward] Vel sicut per insidias vel supplantationem, more athletarum, a בקע, Let them be supplanted, defeated. That say, Aha, aha] Augustine rendereth it, Euge, Euge, that is, Well done; and giveth this note upon it, Plus persequitur lingua adulatoris quam manus interfectoris, The tongue of a flatterer may mischief a man more than the hand of a murderer. The apostle, Hebrews 11:37, ranketh their tempting and flattering promises among their bloody deeds, their rising tongues with their terrifying jaws.
Ver. 4. Let all those that seek thee, &c.] Piorum characteres, saith one, a godly man characterized, by his search after God, his joy in him, his love to him, his praises of him. Let God be magnified] In illo quicquid ego; ille, non ego, saith Augustine.
Ver. 5. But I am poor and needy] See Psalms 69:29, [See Trapp on “Ps 69:29”]