IN the cave] fled thither from the persecution of Saul, 1 Sam. 24. 4, &c. [unspec 1]
Vers. 4. was overwhelmed] or, swowned, fainted: see Psal. 77. 4. then thou] Hebr. and thou: so, [unspec 4] And he saith, Mark. 14. 34. is expounded, Then he saith, Matth. 26. 38.
Vers. 5. I did looke] or, Looke thou, &c. continu∣ing his complaint to God. But the Greeke turneth [unspec 5] it, I considered: and the Hebrew Looke thou, or To looke, is often resolved by other definite per∣sons: see the notes on Ps. 22. 9. and 49. 15. and 65. 11. & 77. 2. & 103. 20. and see] or, and behold, to wit, on the left hand. refuge] or flight. is perished frō me] that is, faileth me: I have no place to flie un∣to and escape. So Iob 11. 20. Amos 2. 14. seeketh] that is, careth for: so Prov. 29. 10. usually to seeke the soule, is in the ill part to destroy it: see Ps. 35. 4.
Vers. 7. brought low] or weakned: see Ps. 116. 6. [unspec 7] [unspec 8]
Vers. 8. the prison] the cave wherein I am shut up close. inviron] compasse, as Psal. 22. 13. or, ex∣pect, as Iob 36. 2. and so the Greeke translateth, the just shall wait for me, untill thou reward me. See Psa. 13. 6. The Chaldee saith, for my sake the just shall make thee a crowne of praise, because thou wilt render a good reward unto me.