Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 71:7

7 I am as a wonder unto many, but thou art my strong refuge .

Or, Prodigy; Either, 1. Of Mercy, for the wonderful Protections and Deliverances, which God hath given me. Or rather, 2. Of Judgment, for my many and sore Calamites, as appears from the next Words. They wondred both at the Calamities themselves, which befel me; which were great and Various, and strange; and that they should be[illegible: 1+ letters]al me, one who have made it the chief Care and Business of my Life, to please and serve, and glorifie God; and one whom God hath owned in so Eminent a degree, and Crowned with such a constant Succession, of Blessings and Deliverances, from time to time. That such a Man should [illegible: 1+ letters]e forsaken by [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word] a God; and Persecuted even to Death by his own S[illegible: 1+ letters]n, whom he had so tenderly loved; and dese[illegible: 1+ letters]ed by the Body of his own People, who had generally expressed so great an Opinion o[illegible: 1+ letters] him, and affection to him, and had so many [illegible: 1 word] to him, and such singular Benefits, by his wi[illegible: 1+ letters] and just, and pious Government; this was indeed cause of Wonder.

But although Men desert me, and look [illegible: 1 word] at me, God is a sure Refuge to me.

Marginal references: Zech. 3. 8.