Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 2. Himself. Hebrew libbi, “in my heart.” But this is visibly incorrect, and we should substitute lobu, as Saint Jerome Chal. Syr. and so forth have done. Calmet.—Yet Sym. translates, “concerning the disorder of the impious within, my heart has said, there,” and so forth Hebrew may also signify, “the transgression of the wicked saith within my heart.” Prot. Bible.—I am inwardly convinced how great the malice of the wicked may be. It touches me to the very heart. Both senses are good. The wicked are bent on evil, and this fills the virtuous with grief. Bert.—Eyes. They sin publicly, (Psalms 13:1. Calmet.) and on purpose, preferring vice before virtue, ( Worthington.) and constantly bent on doing evil, so that they become odious to all. Menochius.