Ver. 1. I cried unto the Lord with my voice] sc. Of my heart, and more with my mind than mouth; for if he had been heard, he had been taken up by the enemy. Thus Moses cried, but uttered nothing, Exodus 14:15, Egit vocis silentio, ut corde clamaret (Aug.). Thus Christ cried, Hebrews 5:7.
Ver. 2. I poured out my complaint] Heb. my mussitation. I showed before him] Plainly and plentifully, how my danger increased to a very crisis, as one expresseth it.
Ver. 3. When my spirit was overwhelmed within me] Or, covered over, with grief, as the Greek expoundeth it. Then thou knewest my path] sc. That I neither fretted nor fainted; or, thou knewest how to make a way to escape, 1 Corinthians 10:13. The Lord knoweth how to deliver his, 2 Peter 2:9.
Ver. 4. I looked on my right hand] Not a man would appear for me. Αφιλον το δυστυχες, misery is friendless for the most part. See 2 Timothy 4:16. Nulla fides unquam miseros delegit amicos.
Ver. 5. I cried unto thee, O Lord] I ran to thee, as my last refuge, in the fail of all outward comforts. Zephaniah 3:12, they are an “afflicted poor people”; and being so, “they trust in the name of the Lord.”
Ver. 6. For I am brought very low] Exhausted and drawn dry; utterly wasted, and disabled to help myself any way, Depauperatus sum (Vat.).
Ver. 7. Bring my soul out of prison] i.e. Out of this distress, wherewith I am no less straitened than if in prison. The righteous shall compass me about] Heb. shall crown me; that is, shall encircle me, as wondering at thy goodness in my deliverance; or they shall set the crown on mine head, as the saints do likewise upon Christ’s head, (Song of Solomon 3:11) to whom this psalm may be fitly applied all along, as above said.