DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
Ver. 25. My soul cleaveth unto the dust] Those princes, my persecutors (Saul's counsellors), have brought me to death's door, as Psalms 44:25; Psalms 22:15. I am in a forlorn condition; as far below hope as they are above fear. Theodoret expoundeth it of humility; and Theodosius the emperor used these words, when reproved by Ambrose for the slaughter at Thessalonica, he lay on the ground and humbly begged pardon (Theod. Eccles. Hist. l. 5, c. 18).