Arise, O Lord, in your anger — That is, to punish him who in this way unjustly persecutes me. See the notes at ([Reference Psalms 3…

In the rapid succession of abrupt exclamations of feeling, we see the excitement of the poet’s mind.

Of the rage. —Better, …

Arise, O Jehovah David here sets the anger of God in opposition to the rage of his enemies; and when we are in similar circumstances, we s…

Arise, O Lord, in your anger
This and the following phrase do not suppose local motion in God, to whom it cannot bel…

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…