Therefore ... — Better, Yea, even Thou ... Not only is there an emphatic “thou,” but the passion of prayer cannot exhaust itself without piling up all the customary names of the Divine Being.
God of Israel. — This is added so emphatically because of the “heathen,” against whom aid is invoked.
All the heathen... wicked transgressors. — These two terms are not synonymous, but contrasted. There were not only foreign, but domestic foes, viz., the party who, pretending to be loyal Israelites, were yet intriguing with the foreigners. The literal “coverers of wickedness” implies concealment and treachery.