Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble [which I suffer] of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
Ver. 13. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, &c.] These are the words (say some) of those humble ones whom God forgetteth not; they were God's remembrancers, see Isaiah 62:6 : or it is a prayer of David for further deliverances, according to that, "I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised," Psalms 18:3. Between praising and praying he divided his time, and drove a holy trade between heaven and earth.
Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death] i.e. Ex praesentissimo et certissimo interitu, from desperate and deadly dangers, such as threaten present destruction; and show a man the grave even gaping for him. David was oft at this pass; and God delivered Paul from so great a death, 2 Corinthians 1:10 : he commonly reserveth his hand for a dead lift, and rescueth those who were even talking of their graves.