This and the four following psalms are much of a piece, and the scope of them the same with many that we met with in the beginning and middle of the book of Psalms, though with but few of late.

Complaints and Petitions. To the chief musician. A psalm of David. 1 Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; 2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.

Here is the believing foresight David had, I. Of the shame and confusion of persecutors. 1. Their disappointment. This he prays for , that their lusts might not be gratified, their lust of ambition, envy, and revenge: ” Grant not, O Lord! the desires of the wicked, but frustrate them; let them not…