John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 17:9
From the wicked that oppress me ,.... Or "waste" or "destroy" F7 זו שדוני "quid vastant", Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "qui vastaverunt", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius, Michaelis. ; as wild beasts do a field or vineyard when they get into it; and such havoc do persecutors and false teachers make of the church and people of God, when they are suffered to get in among them, Psalm 80:13 ; wherefore from such wicked and unreasonable men protection is desired, 2... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 17:8-15
We may observe, in these verses, I. What David prays for. Being compassed about with enemies that sought his life, he prays to God to preserve him safely through all their attempts against him, to the crown to which he was anointed. This prayer is both a prediction of the preservation of Christ through all the hardships and difficulties of his humiliation, to the glories and joys of his exalted state, and a pattern to Christians to commit the keeping of their souls to God, trusting him to... read more