Psalms 17:13

Arise, O Lord,.... See Psa 3:7;

disappoint him, or "prevent his face" (k); be beforehand with him, and so disappoint him, when he is about to seize his prey; who is comparable to the lion, or to the…

Arise, O Lord - See the notes at Psa 3:7. Disappoint him - Margin, “prevent his face.” The marginal reading expresses the sense of the Hebrew. The word used in the original means “to anticipate, to go…

We may observe, in these verses,

I. What David prays for. Being compassed about with enemies that sought his life, he prays to God to preserve him safely through all their attempts against him, to the…

from the wicked, which is thy sword: from menwhich are thy hand This rendering, which is in part that of Jerome, is retained in R.V. marg. For the thought that God uses even the wicked as His…