John Trapp on Psalms 17:9

Verſ. 9. From the wicked that oppreſs me] Heb. That waſte me, i.e. that caſt me out into baniſhment, deſpoyled of all. This hard uſage of his enemies drove David into Gods bleſſed Boſom; as Children miſuſed abroad, run home to their Parents.

From my deadly enemies] Heb. My enemies againſt the ſoul. i. e. the Life at leaſt, if not the ſoul, which they would gladly deſtroy. Some malice is ſo miſcheivous, that it would ruine Body and Soul together; as that Monſter of Millain, the enemies of John Huſſe, and Hierom of Prague, whoſe bodies they delivered to the fire, and their Souls to the Devil. David elſewhere complaineth of his enemies, that they did Satanically hate him. Pſal. 55 4. Beware of men, ſaith our Saviour, Mat. 10. for one man is a Devil to another.