For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
For my love they are my adversaries, but I (give myself unto) prayer - `but I (am wholly engrossed in) prayer.' This is my sole resource against them, the one thing which is my being-my life-breath, Compare John 7:32-53; John 8:1. After His enemies had plotted His destruction, as He knew by His omniscience, He retired to the mount of Olives for prayer. So His type, David, on the sine mount, when he went weeping and with his head covered, was wholly prayer (2 Samuel 15:30). On the phrase, see Psalms 120:7, "I (am for) peace" - I peace; i:e., I am wholly engaged in seeking peace. Peace is my very being and element, as here prayer.