V. 2. God, have mercy on me, for men want to sink me; daily they quarrel and fear me.
Our Lord God has never struck anyone dead; but he can certainly withdraw his hand, and leave room and power to the devil; for he is a God of life and the living. What I speak must be all devilish things; again, what Faber, H[erzog] G[eorg], M. Bu. speak and do must all be rightly spoken and done.
People.
2 That is, children of the devil. This is a vexatious case: That David should raise up the king, and want to be king himself, is a vexatious bargain.
V. 3. My enemies sink me daily.
3. a figurative speech: they do not want to push me, but push me nine cubits under the earth, so that they do not know anything about me.
For much quarrel against me proudly.
4 With this he shows the great multitude of his enemies: the king, the nobles, all the people. "You are chasing a dead dog," says David, 1 Sam. 24, 15, and Saul: "The kingdom still wants to be," 1 Sam. 18, 8.
Proudly.
5. that is, in maximum safety.
V. 4. When I am afraid, I hope in you.
(6) He who knows this, and thus finds himself that God is his God, according to the first commandment, has the right golden art. If a man is afraid of our Lord GOD, who alone can help him, who will help him? I hope in you; you, O God, are not the one who persecutes me, but the devil and men are; therefore I hope in you.
V. 5. I will praise God's word, I will hope in God, and I will not be afraid; what should flesh do to me?
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These are promises; from them you see that he is in battle. He is not yet able to do the golden art, it is still weak.
8. flesh is the hay of our Lord God, Is. 40, 6. who can believe that the pope, the Turk are flesh, and the hay of the Lord? "Egypt is man, and not God. Her horses are flesh and not spirit", Is. 31, 3. This all refers to the first commandment.
V. 6. Daily they dispute my words, all their thoughts find fault with me.
9 Our adversaries do not believe that this verse is against them. Our doctrine is that God should be trusted, that the bishops should preach the gospel; but because they do not like this, it is no wonder that their thoughts are also evil.
V. 7 They stop at hemp and lie in wait, and take heed to my heels, as they catch my soul.
This is my life. If we eat meat on Friday, or whatever else we do, they put it against us, so that they have cause to blaspheme. But what they
They praise what we do, but when we do the same, they condemn it. They dispute the doctrine, and counsel 2c. Examine the text. They pay attention to every opportunity.
Now the prophet indicates how God will deal with the persecutors, namely according to the second part of the first commandment.
V. 8. 9. God, cast down such people without all mercy; count my flight, grasp my tears in your sack.
This is a great comfort. Who could believe that a sigh, a tear before him should not be forgotten!
V. 14. You saved my feet from sliding.
This indicates the unstable life. I have not been safe anywhere.
That I may walk before God in the light of the living.
14 That is, in welfare and comfort. This actually means a sermon: Acting on God's word, praising and thanking our Lord God.