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Gill's Exposition
What time I am afraid,.... It was a time of fear with him now; he was afraid of Achish king of Gath, Sa1 21:12; so believers have their times of fear; about their interest in the love, and grace, and…
Barnes' Notes
What time I am afraid - literally, “the day I am afraid.” David did not hesitate to admit that there were times when he was afraid. He saw himself to be in danger, and he had apprehensions as to the…
David, in this psalm, by his faith throws himself into the hands of God, even when he had by his fear and folly thrown himself into the hands of the Philistines; it was when they took him in Gath,…
Cambridge Bible
What time&c. Lit., In the day that I am afraid. David's sojourn in Gath is the only occasion on which he is recorded to have been afraid of man (1Sa 21:12; but cp. Psa 18:4).
I will trust in thee…
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