Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 17:7

7. shew thy marvellous loving kindness , O thou that savest by thy right hand , them which put their trust in thee , from those that rise up against them .

To wit, in preserving and delivering me; which, if thou dost, I must ever acknowledge it to be an Act of kindness, or free Grace, or undeserved Bounty, yea and of marvellous kindness, because of my extream and pressing Dangers, out of which nothing but a wonder of Gods mercy and power can save me.

(i. e.) By thy great Power.

Or, in it, (i. e.) In thy right Hand, as was now expressed. Or, because of (as the Hebrew[illegible: 1+ letters] prefix Mem oft signifies, as Psal. 12. 6. and elsewhere) those that exalt themselves, (as this word signifies, Iob. 20. 27. and 27. 7. Psal. 59. 1▪) not only against me, but against thee who hast engaged and declared thy self for me. So this Prayer is like that Psal. 66. 7. Let not the Rebellio[illegible: 1+ letters]s exalt themselves. But this place is otherwise translated in the Margent of our Bibles, with which divers others, both Antient and latter Interpreters agree, and that more agreeably to the Order of the words in the Hebrew text, O thou that savest (or usest to save) them which trust in thee (or, as the Hebrew word may be properly rendred without any Supplement, Believers) from those that rise up against thy right Hand, (i. e.) Either against thy mighty Power, which thou hast already shewed in my wonderful Preservation: Or, against thy Counsel (which is called Gods hand, Act. 4. 28.) and revealed Will concerning my advancement to the Kingdom, which divers of these men did knowingly oppose, as may be gathered from 2 Sam. 3. 9, 10. Or, against the man (which word is oft understood, whereof examples have been given, and more we shall have in this Book) of thy right Hand, as David is called, Psal. 80. 17. According to this Translation his Prayer is inforced with a double motive, to wit, his trust is in God, and his Enemies opposition against God.

Which God hath marvellously fenced on every side, and men use their utmost Care and Diligence to keep e.

Marginal references: Psal. 31. 21.; Or, that savest them which trust in thee, from those that rise up against thy right [illegible: 1 word].