To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
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Gill's Exposition
Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man,.... Either Saul; so Theodoret; or rather Doeg, according to R. Obadiah: but Jarchi interprets it of Esau; by whom he means Edom, or Rome, or rather the…
Barnes' Notes
Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man - That is, evidently from some particular man who was endeavoring to injure him; some personal enemy. All the circumstances mentioned agree well with the…
In this, as in other things, David was a type of Christ, that he suffered before he reigned, was humbled before he was exalted, and that as there were many who loved and valued him, and sought to do…
Prayer for deliverance from the machinations of calumnious enemies.
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