The proud – Those in high life, or of exalted rank. See the notes at Psalms 119:51.

Have dug pits for me – See the notes at Ps…

Which. —Better, who. Its antecedent, of course, the proud, not the pits.

The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

They might make pits for lions and tigers, but not for sheep.

The proud have dug pits for me. He complains that he had been deceived by the frauds and cunning devices of his enemies, as if he were say…

The proud have digged pits for me
Laid snares and temptations in his way, to draw him into sin, and so into mischief…

The psalmist sought deliverance from his sins, his enemies, and his fears. Hope deferred made him faint; his eyes failed from looking out for this …