Psalms 27:12

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies,.... It is a dreadful thing for a man to be given up to his own heart's lusts, and to be delivered up into the hands of Satan; who would fain have…

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies - Let them not accomplish their desires in regard to me; let them not be able to carry out their purposes. The word here rendered “will” means…

David in these verses expresses,

I. His desire towards God, in many petitions. If he cannot now go up to the house of the Lord, yet, wherever he is, he can find a way to the throne of grace by…

enemies R.V., adversaries, as in Psa 27:27.

false witnesses Slanderous calumniators are meant, rather than actual witnesses in court. Cp. Psa 35:11; Pro 6:19.

such as breathe out cruelty Bent on…