Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 8. Thou hast set my foot in a large room. ] Many hair- breadth escapes David had for his life; at that time especially when, playing before Saul, the furious king took a spear and endeavoured to pierce him through the body, but he escaped and got to the deserts. Here God, who had saved his life, set his feet in a large room. The seventh and eighth verses speak of what God had done previously for him.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 9-18 - David's troubles made him a man of sorrows. Herein he was a type of Christ, who was acquainted with grief. David acknowledged that his afflictions were merited by his own sins, but Christ suffered for ours David's friends durst not give him any assistance. Let us not think i strange if thus deserted, but make sure of a Friend in heaven who wil not fail. God will be sure to order and dispose all for the best, to all those who commit their spirits also into his hand. The time of lif is in God's hands, to lengthen or shorten, make bitter or sweet according to the counsel of his will. The way of man is not in himself nor in our friend's hands, nor in our enemies' hands, but in God's. I this faith and confidence he prays that the Lord would save him for his mercies's sake, and not for any merit of his own. He prophesies the silencing of those that reproach and speak evil of the people of God There is a day coming, when the Lord will execute judgment upon them In the mean time, we should engage ourselves by well-doing, i possible, to silence the ignorance of foolish men.
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