CONTENTS
The Psalmist is here appealing unto God, against the false accusations of his enemies. He expresseth a well-grounded confidence that he shall be heard and just fled.
Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.
Some have supposed that Shiggaion means a song or psalm. And if so, we may learn from it, that the writer was not discomposed in spirit to sing unto the Lord, because he was unjustly accused. And sure it ought not at any time, nor upon any occasion, to take off our devout frame towards God, because we are persecuted by man. But, as the chief scope of this beautiful Psalm looks far beyond the private circumstances of David, and evidently is directed to speak of David's Lord, we shall do well to seek the teachings of God the Holy Ghost, as we pass through the several verses of it, to be on the lookout for Jesus. In the very opening of the Psalm, we may observe how the Lord Jesus hath an eye to the covenant engagements of the Father; for while he calleth Jehovah his God, he reminds him of his promised help, which in the charter of heaven, concerning the redemption Jesus engaged for, Jehovah pledged himself, on his part, that the enemy should not exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him; for God said, I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. Psalms 89:22-23.