_David soliciteth God to the speedy destruction of the wicked, and
preservation of the godly._
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.
Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them
be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha,
aha.
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such
as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
But I _am_ poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou _art_ my
help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
This Psalm is a prayer against the persecutors and enemies of the
church and of the godly: for such instruments of the devil cease not
to plot against the good, and those that fear God, with all possible
machinations of craft, and with all the bitterness of Cain; and, like
Satan himself, they burn with an insatiable desire and determination
to destroy the church; nay, more than this, they insult the miseries
and calamities of the saints.