Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 10:16

16. The LORD is king for ever and ever : the heathen are perished out of his land .

To whom it belongs to protect his Subjects. Therefore thou wilst save the humble and punish the oppressors.

Therefore his peoples case is never desperate, seeing he ever lives and reigns to help them, and therefore he will help them in his time sooner or later.

Either 1. Those implous Israelites who oppressed David and other good men, whom, although they were reputed Israelites by themselves and others, yet he might call them heathens for their heathenish opinions of God and his providence, and for their ungodly and unrighteous lives. Comp. Isa. 1. 9. Amos 9. 7. Or 2. The Canaanites, whom God as King of the world, did expel or destroy, and gave their land to his people. By which great example he confirms his faith and hope for the future.

(i. e.) Out of Canaan, which God calls his land, Levit. 25. 23. because he spied it out for them, Ezek. 20. 6. and gave it to them, and fixed his presence and dwelling in it.

Marginal references: Psal. 29. 10. & 145. 13. & 146. 10. Jer. 10. 10. [illegible: 1+ letters]am 5. 19. [illegible: 1 word]. 4. 34. & 6. 26. 1. Tim. 1. 17.