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1. hide not thyself, &c.--(compare Psa 13:1 27:9 ), withhold not help.
2. The terms of the last clause express full indulgence of grief.
3. oppression--literally, "persecution."
they. . . iniquity--literally, "they make evil doings slide upon me."
4, 5. express great alarm.
5. come upon--or literally, "into."
6. be at rest--literally, "dwell," that is, permanently.
7, 8. Even a wilderness is a safer place than exposure to such evils, terrible as storm and tempest.
9. Destroy--literally, "swallow" ( Psa 21:9 ).
divide their tongues--or, "confound their speech," and hence their counsels ( Gen 11:7 ).
the city--perhaps Jerusalem, the scene of anarchy.
10, 11. which is described in detail (compare Psa 7:14-16 ).
11. Wickedness--literally, "Mischief," evils resulting from others ( Psa 5:9 52:2, 7 ).
streets--or literally, "wide places," markets, courts of justice, and any public place.
12-14. This description of treachery does not deny, but aggravates, the injury from enemies.
13. guide--literally, "friend" ( Pro 16:28 17:9 ).
acquaintance--in Hebrew, a yet more intimate associate.
14. in company--literally, "with a crowd," in a festal procession.
15. Let death, &c.--or, "Desolations are on them."
let them go--literally, "they will go."
quick--or, living in the midst of life, death will come (compare Num 16:33 ).
among them--or, "within them," in their hearts ( Psa 5:9 49:11 ).
16-18. God answers his constant and repeated prayers.
18. many with me--that is, by the context, fighting with me.
19. God hears the wicked in wrath.
abideth--or, "sitteth."
of old--enthroned as a sovereign.
Because. . . no changes--Prosperity hardens them ( Psa 73:5 ).
20, 21. The treachery is aggravated by hypocrisy. The changes of number, Psa 55:15, 23, and here, enliven the picture, and imply that the chief traitor and his accomplices are in view together.
22. thy burden--literally, "gift," what is assigned you.
he shall sustain--literally, "supply food," and so all need ( Psa 37:25 Mat 6:11 ).
to be moved--from the secure position of His favor (compare Psa 10:6 ).
23. bloody. . . days--(compare Psa 5:6 51:14 ), deceit and murderous dispositions often united. The threat is directed specially (not as a general truth) against the wicked, then in the writer's view.
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