They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not. David is here speaking of the enemies of Israel, into whose land he carried his victorious arms, and who, in the extremity of their distress, besides invoking the aid of their idols, did, it appears, sometimes pray to Yahweh (see the notes at Jonah 1:14): but He did not hear favourably. The reason why He did not listen to their importunate cries was, that they were without the pale of the covenant and its promises-that, being pagans, they were enemies to God, and could not address Him in the exercise of that faith which alone can render prayer acceptable.