Verse 2
2. Mine enemies Literally, my watchers, namely, the conspirators.
Swallow me up Have panted for me, as a ravenous beast; same word as in Psalms 56:1.
They be many It would seem from the sequel of the history, (1 Samuel 27, 29,) that Achish, the king, favoured David, but was overpowered by the number and influence of his enemies.
O thou Most High מרום , ( maroom,) is nowhere else in Scripture translated as a title of Deity, and should not be here. The word means a high place, as Isaiah 22:16, and figuratively a high office or dignity, and adverbially, in a bad sense, loftily, proudly; my enemies fight against me from a high place, or, they fight loftily, stately, as Psalms 73:8. In the Hebrew territory David had Saul and the government against him; here, in Philistia, the nobility and lords of the nation. Gath was the city of the giants, David’s mortal enemies, of whom he, as already mentioned, had killed Goliath, and of the four surviving, one was Goliath’s brother, 2 Samuel 21:19. They all subsequently fell by the hands of David and his officers. 1 Chronicles 20:0. He might well complain that those who sought his life were numerous and in high places, or of a lofty spirit.
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