Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end – This refers to the wickedness of all the wicked; not only wickedness in this p…

Establish. —Literally, let him stand erect.

For the righteous God trieth. —Better, y…

Let the malice of the wicked come to an end, I implore you. David, in the first place, prays that God would restrain the malice of his ene…

Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end
Which will not be till the measure of it is fully up, and that w…

David flees to God for aid.

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…