3. For strangers are risen up against me. Those
who had no cause for ill-will had gone against him; persons to whom he could
have given no offense, for they were strangers to him. They were aliens to his
God also, and should these be allowed to worry and destroy him? A child may
well complain to his father when strangers come in to molest him! What right
have they to interfere? And oppressors seek after my soul. Saul, that
persecuting tyrant, had stamped his own image on many more. Others followed
seeking David’s soul, his blood, his life, his very existence. No half measures
would content them. They have not set God before them. They had no more
regard for right and justice than if they knew no God, or cared for none. Had
they regarded God they would not have betrayed the innocent to be hunted down
like a poor harmless stag. David felt that atheism lay at the bottom of the
enmity which pursued him. Good men are hated for God’s sake, and this is a good
plea for them to urge in prayer. Selah. As if he said, “Enough of this, let us pause.” He is
out of breath with indignation. A sense of wrong bids him suspend the music awhile.
More pauses would, as a rule, improve our devotions. We are usually in too much
of a hurry: a little more holy meditation would make our words more suitable
and our emotions more fervent.
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