For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
Porque me han cercado males hasta no haber cuanto; me han asido mis maldades, y no puedo ver; se han aumentado más que los cabellos de mi cabeza, y mi corazón me falla.
Verse 12. Innumerable evils have compassed me about ] This part does not comport with the preceding; and either argues a former experience, or must be considered a part of another Psalm, written at a different time, and on another occasion, and, were we to prefix the two first verses of the seventieth Psalm to it we should find it to be a Psalm as complete in itself as that is.
They are more than the hairs of mine head ] This could not be said by any person who was exulting in the pardoning mercy of God, as David was at the time he penned the commencement of this Psalm.
Verses 11-17 - The bestsaints see themselves undone, unless continually preserved by the grace of God. But see the frightful view the psalmist had of sin This made the discovery of a Redeemer so welcome. In all his reflections upon each step of his life, he discovered something amiss The sight and sense of our sins in their own colours, must distract us if we have not at the same time some sight of a Saviour. If Christ ha triumphed over our spiritualenemies, then we, through him, shall be more than conquerors. This may encourage all that seekGod and love his salvation, to rejoice in him, and to praise him. No griefs nor povert can render those miserable who fear the Lord. Their God, and all tha he has or does, is the ground of their joy. The prayer of faith can unlock his fulness, which is adapted to all their wants. The promise are sure, the moment of fulfilment hastens forward. He who once came i great humility, shall come again in glorious majesty __________________________________________________________________
