Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 9. The wickedness of the wicked ] The iniquity of Saul's conduct.
But establish the just ] Show the people my uprightness.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-9 - David flees to God for succour. But Christ alone could call on Heave to attest his uprightness in all things. All His works were wrought in righteousness; and the prince of this world found nothing whereo justly to accuse him. Yet for our sakes, submitting to be charged a guilty, he suffered all evils, but, being innocent, he triumphed ove them all. The plea is, "For the righteous God trieth the hearts and the reins." He knows the secret wickedness of the wicked, and how to brin it to an end; he is witness to the secret sincerity of the just, an has ways of establishing it. When a man has made peace with God abou all his sins, upon the terms of grace and mercy, through the sacrific of the Mediator, he may, in comparison with his enemies, appeal to God's justice to decide.
Original Hebrew יגמר1584 נא4994 רע7451 רשׁעים7563 ותכונן3559 צדיק6662 ובחן974 לבות3826 וכליות3629 אלהים430 צדיק׃6662
