16. For I said, hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me. The good man was not insensible, but he dreaded the sharp stings of
taunting malice; he feared lest either by his conduct or his condition he
should give occasion to the wicked to triumph. This fear his earnest desires
used as an argument in prayer as well as an incentive to prayer. When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. The least flaw in a
saint is sure to be noticed; how careful ought we to be, and how importunate in
prayer for upholding grace! We do not wish, like blind Samson, to make sport
for our enemies; let us then beware of the treacherous Delilah of sin.
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