But I am poor and needy - More literally, “I am afflicted and poor.” The language would describe the condition of one who was affli…

Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me ev…

But I am poor and needy. In this concluding clause, he mingles prayer with thanksgiving, although it may be that he records a request he h…

But I [am] poor and needy
As Christ was literally, (2 Corinthians 8:9); and in a spiritual sense, when d…

The best saints see themselves undone unless continually preserved by the grace of God. But see the frightful view the psalmist had of sin. This ma…

1. In the preceding psalms, the psalmist asked for divine help against the malice of the wicked and showed his intention to be cautious. Her…