10 O Lord, by Thy fierce hand repell'd, With sudden shame retire (5) A very proper word for a man that is repell'd by a fierce hand. VII, PSALM OF DAVID: _When unjustly persecuted,(6) and accused of (6) By Doctor Gibbs. treachery against King Saul._ I O Lord my God, since I repose (7) By chance. My trust in Thee alone, (7) Save and defend me from my foes, That furiously come on: (8) (8) Advance. 2 Lest, like a ravenous lion, they What sort of lions are My captive soul devour, they that devour souls? 4 If I've not spared him though he's grown(9) (9) Gro_u_n. My causeless (1) enemy, (1) If he be grown his _causeless_ enemy I presume he is no longer _guiltless_. 5 Then let my life, and future (2) crown (2) He gives a thing Become to him a prey: before he has it, and gives it to him that has it already; for Saul is the person meant. 6 But, Lord, thy kind assistance (1) lend, (1) But why _lend?_ Arise in my defence; Does he design to return According to Thy laws, (2) contend it back when he has done For injured innocence: with it? (2) Profane rascal! he makes it a struggle and contention between God and the wicked. 7 That all the nations, that oppose, (3) (3) Opp_a_use. May then confess Thy power: Therefore assert my righteous cause, That they may Thee adore: (4) (4) Ado_u_re. 8 For equal judgment, Lord, to Thee (5) Yet in the very The nations (5) all submit; verse before he tells of Be therefore (6) merciful to me. nations that _oppose_. And my just soul acquit: (7) (6) Because all nations submit to God, therefore God must be merciful to Dr. Gibbs. (7) Of what?