For God [is] my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
Ver. 12. For God is my Kiny of old] He is the same yesterday, today, and for ever. I doubt not, therefore, but he will see to the safety of his loyal subjects.
Working salvation in the midst of the earth] i.e. Openly, and to the view of all. Jerusalem is in the midst of Judaea, and Judaea is in the midst of the earth; the very centre and navel of the habitable world, say the Fathers; it joineth those of the east to the west by the midland sea, and those of the north to the south by the same sea, running out as far as the Lake of Maeotis, very far north, and by the Red Sea descending very low into the south. This country, therefore, God seemeth purposely to have espied out, as himself speaketh, that therehence he might send abroad salvation into all parts. And hereabout some gather from Joel 3:2. Christ will sit to judge the world at the last day, Psalms 50:1,2 .