Verse 7
The Lord taketh my part with them that help me ,.... With the four hundred men that were with David, and stood by him in his troubles, 1 Samuel 22:2 ; see Psalm 54:4 ; and with those who ministered unto Christ as man, Luke 8:3 . Or, "the Lord is for me, with" or "among my helpers" F20 לי בעזרי "pro me est cum iis qui auxiliantur mihi", Vatablus; so Cocceius, Gejerus. ; he is the principal helper, he is one for all; he is in the room and stead of other helpers; having him, there is no need of any other: the Lord is the only helper of his people, vain is the help of man; he helps them out of all their troubles and difficulties, in the exercise of every grace, and in the discharge of every duty; he helps them to all their mercies temporal and spiritual, to grace here, and glory hereafter. The Targum is,
"the Word of the Lord is to help me;'
therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me ; see "vengeance" on them, as the Targum; which was desired by David, by the Messiah, and by the saints; not for the sake of that itself, but for the glory of divine justice. David saw this, Psalm 54:7 ; so will the Messiah, when all his enemies, that will not have him to reign over them, will be slain before him; and so will the people of God, when antichrist is destroyed.
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