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PSALM 59
THE ARGUMENT
The matter and design of this Psalm is the same in general and for substance with the former, to wit, a declaration of the cruelty and treachery of his enemies; and a prayer to God to deliver him out of their hands.
David, in danger, prayeth unto God for deliverance from his enemies, Psa_59:1,2, relating his own innocency and their cruelty, Psa_59:3. He trusteth in God, and prayeth against them, Psa_59:4-15; promiseth thankfulness to God for being his defence and refuge, Psa_59:16,17.
He chiefly understands Saul, but speaks in the plural number, out of, reverence to his king, and that he might, as far as he could in truth, derive the envy and hatred of these odious practices upon those that were about him; as he doth 1Sa_26:19, and elsewhere.