David, destitute of human comfort, asketh help of God: he comforteth himself with God's judgments on the wicked, and confidence in God's tried promises.
To the chief musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.
Title.— השׁמינית על למנצח lamnatseach al hoshsheminith. See the note on the title of Psalms 6. This psalm complains of the falsehood and treachery abounding in the world; from which God is introduced as determined to deliver his people. Some conjecture that he points particularly at the corruption which reigned in the court of Saul, and more especially at Doeg, and the treacherous Ziphites; who promised David their friendship, with no other design than to deliver him up to Saul.