I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
I made haste - like Zaccheus (Luke 19:5-6), at the Lord's call.
And delayed not - like Felix, Acts 24:25; and the Athenians, Acts 17:32). I "delayed not" - literally, I did not stand questioning [from the interrogation, mah (H4100)], hitmahªmaahªtiy (H4102). In good impulses worked in us by the Spirit, we must at once act, or else the flesh will supplant the spirit. Strike while the iron is hot, or it will wax colder and harder than ever. The dilatoriness of the old nature is such that we move with tortoise pace in good things, with the hare's pace in bad. He expresses positively and negatively his promptitude, to imply his yielding himself up to good impulses and resisting the bad. The national reference is the punishment of the Jews by the captivity led them to repentance. This psalm and Lamentations express this feeling.