Be merciful to me, O God - See the notes at (Psalms 51:1).

For man would swallow me up - The wor…

Man ... —Heb., enôsh, either as in Psalms 9:19, mortal man, or, contemptuously, “a rabble, a multitude.”

Be merciful unto me, O God, for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

Man has no mercy on me, but, O God, be me…

Be merciful unto me, O God! for man swallows me up. It would be difficult to determine whether he speaks here of foreign or domestic enemi…

Be merciful unto me, O God. For David could expect no mercy at the hands of men, among whom he was, whose tender mercies …

Be merciful unto me, O God. This petition includes all the good for which we come to the throne of grace. If we obtain mercy there, we nee…