John Gill Commentary Psalms 118:7

"Jehovah is on my side among them that help me: Therefore shall I see [my desire] upon them that hate me." — Psalms 118:7 (ASV)

The Lord takes my part with them that help me
With the four hundred men that were with David, and stood by him in his troubles, (1 Samuel 22:2); see (Psalms 54:4); and with those who ministered unto Christ as man, (Luke 8:3). Or, "the Lord [is] for me, with" or "among my helpers" ^F20; he is the principal helper, he is one for all; he is in the room and stead of other helpers; having him, there is no need of any other: the Lord is the only helper of his people, vain is the help of man; he helps them out of all their troubles and difficulties, in the exercise of every grace, and in the discharge of every duty; he helps them to all their mercies temporal and spiritual, to grace here, and glory hereafter. The Targum is, 'the Word of the Lord is to help me;'

therefore shall I see [my desire] upon them that hate me
see "vengeance" on them, as the Targum; which was desired by David, by the Messiah, and by the saints; not for the sake of that itself, but for the glory of divine justice. David saw this, (Psalms 54:7); so will the Messiah, when all his enemies, that will not have him to reign over them, will be slain before him; and so will the people of God, when antichrist is destroyed.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F20: (yrzeb yl) "pro me est cum iis qui auxiliantur mihi", Vatablus; so Cocceius, Gejerus.