2. Lest he tear my soul. Here is the
plea of fear coworking with the plea of faith. There was one among David’s foes
mightier than the rest, who had both dignity, strength, and ferocity, and was,
therefore, like a lion. From this foe he urgently seeks deliverance.
Perhaps this was Saul, his royal enemy; but in our own case there is one who
goes about like a lion, seeking whom he may devour, concerning whom we should
ever cry, “Deliver us
from the Evil One.” This is a
picture from the shepherd-life of David. When the fierce lion had pounced upon
the defenseless lamb, he would devour him, because no shepherd was near to
protect the lamb. This is a soul-moving portrait of a saint delivered over to
the will of Satan. This will make Jehovah yearn. A father cannot be silent when
a child is in such peril. No, he will not endure the thought of his darling in
the jaws of a lion; he will arise and deliver his persecuted one. It will be
well for us here to remember that this is a description of the danger to which
the psalmist was exposed from slanderous tongues. This is not an overdrawn
picture, for slander leaves a slur, even if it be wholly disproved. It is a
meanness most detestable to stab a good man in his reputation, but diabolical
hatred observes no nobility in its mode of warfare. We must be ready for this
trial, for it will surely come upon us.
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