The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all [those that be] bowed down.
Ver. 14. The Lord upholdeth all that fall] None of his subjects can fall below his helping hand, his sweet support.
And raiseth up all those that are bowed down] Either with the burden of sin or misery in any kind. Alphonsus, king of Arragon, is famous for helping with his own hand one of his subjects out of a ditch. Of Queen Elizabeth it is recorded, to her eternal praise, that she hated (no less than did Mithridates) such as sought to crush virtue forsaken of fortune (Camden). Christ bruiseth not the broken reed, but upholdeth it; he quencheth not the smoking wick, but cherisheth it.