And Saul said, Blessed [be] ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
Ver. 21. Blessed be ye of the Lord.] God was much in this hypocrite's mouth, but far from his reins: Jer 12:3 he abuseth that majestic and tremendous name of his, to palliate his cruel purpose of killing David. See the like done by those impudent hypocrites in Isaiah 66:5. But this blessing pronounced by Saul upon the Ziphites was not worth a button to them: nay, it came doubtless as a curse into their bowels, Psa 109:18 whilst thereby they were heartened and hardened in their sin.
For ye have compassion on me.] A flatterer is ευιους σφακτης, saith one; that is, a kind murderer: a cur-dog, saith another, that sucketh a man's blood only with licking.