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EXPOSITION.
"_From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly
enemies, who compass me about_." The foes from whom David sought
to be rescued were _wicked_ men. It is hopeful for us when our
enemies are God's enemies. They were _deadly enemies_, whom
nothing but his death would satisfy. The foes of a believer's
soul are mortal foes most emphatically, for they who war against
our faith aim at the very life of our life. Deadly sins are
deadly enemies, and what sin is there which hath not death in its
bowels? These foes _oppressed_ David, they laid his spirit waste,
as invading armies ravage a country, or as wild beasts desolate a
land. He likens himself to a besieged city, and complains that
his foes _compass him about_. It may well quicken our business
upward, when all around us, every road, is blockaded by deadly
foes. This is our daily position, for all around us dangers and
sins are lurking. O God, do thou protect us from them all.
EXPLANATORY NOTES AND QUAINT SAYINGS.
Verse 9.--"_From the wicked_:" as though he had said,
They are equally enemies to thee and me; not more opposite to me
by their cruelty, than by their wickedness they are to thee.
Vindicate then, at once, thyself, and deliver me."--^John Howe.