Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 20:13

13 Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD, for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evil doers .

The Prophet here riseth higher, from Prayer to Praise; it is not certain whether this was a rejoycing of faith, or of sense; a thanksgiving to God, upon his deliverance out of the hand of Pashur, or some other Enemies, or a rejoycing in the sure belief that God would deliver his life out of the hands of these wicked men. If we take it in the latter sense, it teacheth us our duty, to give God the honour of all our deliverances from the hands of wicked men. If in the former sense it sheweth us the power of faith, which being the sub[illegible: 2 letters]ance of things not seen, and evidence of things but hoped for, sheweth us things to come as if already present, and teacheth us to re[illegible: 1 letter]oyce in the hope of those things of which we have no present possession.