Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 1. Hear my voice ] The psalmist feared for his life, and the lives of his fellow-captives; and he sought help of God. He prayed, and he lifted up his voice; and thus showed his earnestness.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-6 - The psalmist earnestly begs of God to preserve him from disquietin fear. The tongue is a little member, but it boasts great things. The upright man is the mark at which the wicked aim, they cannot spea peaceably either of him or to him. There is no guard against a fals tongue. It is bad to do wrong, but worse to encourage ourselves and on another in it. It is a sign that the heart is hardened to the greates degree, when it is thus fully set to do evil. A practical disbelief of God's knowledge of all things, is at the bottom of every wickedness The benefit of a good cause and a good conscience, appears most when nothing can help a man against his enemies, save God alone, who is always a present help.
Original Hebrew למנצח5329 מזמור4210 לדוד׃1732 שׁמע8085 אלהים430 קולי6963 בשׂיחי7879 מפחד6343 אויב341 תצר5341 חיי׃2416
