He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
Ver. 43. He trusted in God] These were cruel mockings, as those were called, Hebrews 11:36. Nothing troubled David more than to be hit in the teeth with his God, to have his religion laid in his dish,Psalms 42:1,11; Psalms 43:1,5. And it went to Job's heart to hear his friend Eliphaz (a godly man otherwise) scoff him for his religion, Job 4:6. Is not thy fear (or thy religion) become thy folly? Zedekiah feared more to be mocked by the Jews than the Chaldees, Jeremiah 38:9 .
Let him deliver him now] But what if he do not deliver him now, is he therefore no Son? So they would seem to argue; and so Satan would fain persuade the saints when held awhile under the cross. But the apostle assures us otherwise, Hebrews 12:6,8 .