strangers. aliens: the Ziphites, or the men of Keilah (1 Samuel 23:12). Some codices, with two early printed editions and Arm., read "insolent men". Compare Psalms 86:14.
my soul. me, or my life. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
Selah. Connecting David's danger with David '. true and only source ofhelp (App-66).