Draw out also the spear, and stop [the way] against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I [am] thy salvation.
Ver. 3. Draw out also the spear] viz. That thy contending and appearing for me may appear to be sufficient and glorious.
And stop the way] Heb. And stop, viz. the doors, as Genesis 19:6; Gen 19:10 2 Kings 6:32, lest the malcontents come in and kill me. Or, shut me up from my persecutors, that they find me not; like as, afterwards, God hid Jeremiah and Baruch, when sought for to the slaughter.
Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation] Facito ut haec animula te sibi testantem audiat, &c. Inwardly persuade my heart to firm affiance in thee, amidst all mine afflictions.