For, lo, the wicked bend their bow - These are to be regarded as the words of the persons referred to in the previous verse, who ha…

Privily. —See margin, which preserves the image of the archer lurking in a dark corner.

Surely, see! The ungodly. Some think that this is added as the excuse made by those who desired David to save himself by flight. According…

For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow
Are devising mischief, and making preparations to accomplish it;