John Trapp on Psalms 23:5

Verſ. 5. Thou prepareſt a table before] Here hee makes uſe of another Metaphor from a liberall feaſt-maker, or (as ſome will have it) from a moſt kind Father, making proviſion for his dearly beloved child; So did God for David, both in regard of temporalls and ſpiritualls. God had given him (as hee doth all his people) all things richly to injoy, all things needfull for life and godlineſſe, the upper and nether ſprings, the bleſſings of the right hand and of the leſt, bona throni, & bona ſcabelli, as Auſtin phraſeth it. Now outward proſperity when it followeth cloſe walking with God, is very ſweet; as the cipher when it followeth the figure addeth to the number, though it bee nothing in it ſelf. Davids Table was laden with Gods Creatures, and did even ſweat with variety of them. God had let down to him, as afterwards hee did to Peter, a veſſell with all manner of beaſts of the earth, and foules of the air in it, Act. 10.12. This he is very ſenſible of, and thankfull for, as a ſingular favour.

In the preſence of mine enemies] i.e. In fight and ſpite of them, hoſtibus videntibus & ringentibus. God doth good to his people maugre the malice of earth and of Hell.

Thou anointeſt my head with oyle] A peece of entertainment common in thoſe times, and amongſt that people, Luk. 7.36, 37, 38. to ſhew the greater reſpect to their gueſts. And although this is not every good mans caſe in temporall reſpects, yet at the Word and Sacraments God anointeth his gueſts with the Oyl of gladneſſe.

My cup runneth over] Hee had not only a fullneſſe of abundance, but of red[illegible: 1 letter]ndancy, Thoſe that have this happineſſe muſt carry their cup upright, and ſee that it overflow into their poor Brethrens emptier veſſe[illegible: 2 letters]s.