For me. — Better, behind me. A protection from the emissaries of Absalom, now on his track.
My glory, and the lifter up of mine head. —
“Comp. —
“O et praesidium et dulce decus meum.”
HORACE, Ode I., 1:2.
The significance of this sublime trust comes out as we read in 2 Samuel 15:30 how the humiliated monarch went barefoot over Olivet, with head bent down and muffled in his mantle; no glory or dignity left; mute and humiliated under the insults and curses of Shimei.