This psalm, as those before, is a prayer of David, and full of complaints of the great distress and danger he was in, probably when Saul persecuted him. He did not only pray in that affliction, but he prayed very much and very often, not the same over again, but new thoughts. In this psalm, I.

Complaints and Petitions. A psalm of David. 1 Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

David here tells us what he said when he stretched forth his hands unto God; he begins not only as one in earnest, but as one in haste: ” Hear me speedily, and defer no longer, for my spirit faileth.