Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
Ver. 11. Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me, &c.] Deus non deserit suos, dum eos docet ac ducit, God shows that he forsaketh not his (whatever other friends do) so long as he teacheth and leadeth them. See Psalms 25:4,5. See Trapp on " Psa 25:4 " See Trapp on " Psa 25:5 "
In a plain path] Heb. In a way of plainness, wherein I may escape mine enemies' ambushes.
Because of mine enemies] Or, Because of mine observers; so it may be read (propter insidiatores meos); such as Saul and Doeg were, who looked upon David with an evil eye, and watched for his halting. It was the wisdom of the Lacedaemonians always to send two ambassadors together which disagreed among themselves; that so they might mutually eye one another's actions (Aristot. Polit. lib. ii. cap. 7). The wicked will be eyeing and prying into the practices of good people, who must therefore watch and pray.