For in you, O Lord, do I hope - This shows the reason or ground of his patience. He committed his whole cause to God. He believed that God w…

You will hear. — You is emphatic.

Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. For in thee, O LORD, do I hope:

What sublime faith there …

For on thee, O Jehovah! do I wait. David here shows the source of his patience. It consisted in this: trusting in the grace of God, he ove…

For in thee, O Lord, do I hope
That he would plead his cause against his accusers and revilers, and who sought his h…

Wicked men hate goodness, even when they benefit by it. David, in the complaints he makes of his enemies, seems to refer to Christ. But our enemies…

1. Previously, the psalmist pleaded for divine help: judge, O Lord, those who wrong me (Psalms 34:1). He showe…