Remember this, [that] the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and [that] the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
Ver. 18. Remember this] Forgetfulness befalleth not the Lord; nevertheless he giveth us leave to be his remembrancers, and not to keep silence when he is concerned, Isaiah 62:6 .
That the enemy] See Psalms 74:10 .
And that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name] This irketh the saints worse than their own particular sufferings. The Egyptians, out of their respect to their Mercurius Trismegistus, would not rashly pronounce his name; no more would the Grecians their god Jupiter, no, not when they sware by him. Should not we be much more tender and respective of the holy and reverend name of our God, taking it ill when by any it is blasphemed?