Lest he—Lest “Cush” should do this. See the title and the introduction to the psalm, Section 2.

Tear my soul like a lion—T…

Lest he tear. — The poet turns from the thought of his enemies generally to the one who has just made himself conspicuous…

At the beginning of the psalm, David speaks of having many enemies, and in the second verse he identifies a single individual. And certainly, since…

Lest he tear my soul like a lion
That is, one of his persecutors, the chief of them; it may be Saul, whom the psalmi…

David flees to God for aid.

But Christ alone could call on Heaven to attest His uprightness in all things. All His works were performed in r…

1. The earlier psalms were written for liberation from enemies, but this is a psalm in which he prays for vindication from them. Thus, the t…