John Trapp on Psalms 31:4

Verſ. 4. Pull mee out of the net] That noted net, as the Hebrew hath it; Nam Z[illegible: 1 letter] denet at rem notam omnibus, ſaith Kimchi. David was not caught in it; but the enemies preſumed he would be; ſo ſelling the hide before the beaſt was taken; as did likewife the proud Spaniards. when coming againſt England in eighty eight, they triumphed before the victory, and ſang.

Tu qua Romanas ſueviſti temnere leges, Hispano diſces ſubdere collajugo.

But bleſſed be God, the net brake, and wee eſcaped, Pſal. 124.7.

For thou art my ſtrength] As a tree is ſtrongeſt at the root, and a branch or bough next the trunck or ſtock; and the further it groweth out from thence, the ſmaller and weaker it groweth too: So the nearer the Creature is to God, the ſtronger; and on the contrary.