Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
Ver. 9. Ye have seen also … and ye gathered together, &c.] This they did when in distress, to prevent the enemy and provide for their own safety; and this they might well have done, had not God been neglected; this of all things he can least endure. "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God" (Psalms 9:17; see Isa 30:1).