Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me - Be my guarantee. Literally, the Hebrew means to interchange, the surety taking the place of his friend (Job 17:3, note; Isaiah 38:14). See note, Jeremiah 30:21. The Psalmist regards the contest of his enemies with Israel and himself as a judicial trial, in which his cause was at issue; and he desires the Lord to make Himself responsible for him. Messiah alone realizes this. Compare Zechariah 3:1-5; Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 9:11-15. On "the proud," cf. Psalms 119:21; "for good," Deuteronomy 6:24; Deuteronomy 10:13; Deuteronomy 30:9.