Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 7. Let them melt away as waters ] Let them be minished away like the waters which sometimes run in the desert, but are soon evaporated by the sun, or absorbed by the sand.
When he bendeth his bow ] When my adversaries aim their envenomed shafts against me, let their arrows not only fall short of the mark, but he broken to pieces in the flight. Some apply this to GOD. When he bends his bow against them, they shall all be exterminated.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 6-11 - David prayed that the enemies of God's church and people might be disabled to do further mischief. We may, in faith, pray against the designs of the enemies of the church. He foretells their ruin. And wh knows the power of God's anger? The victories of the Just One, in his own person and that of his servants, over the enemies of man' salvation, produce a joy which springs not from revenge, but from view of the Divine mercy, justice, and truth, shown in the redemptio of the elect, the punishment of the ungodly, and the fulfilment of the promises. Whoever duly considers these things, will diligently seek the reward of righteousness, and adore the Providence which orders all thing aright in heaven and in earth _________________________________________________
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