John Trapp on Psalms 32:6

Verſ. 6. For this ſhall every one that is godly pray unto thee] For this, that thou haſt ſo graciouſly done for mee, the godly ſhall gladly perform theſe two duties; the prayer of faith, and the obedience of faith. As I have been an example to them of ſin (which is now my grief) ſo I ſhall be to them of good, and that's my comfort. Where note firſt, That every godly man is a praying man. God hath no dumb children in his houſe. Secondly, That ſuch will be making uſe of Gods dealing with others for their own inſtruction and comfort, For this. Thirdly, That they will obſerve the fitteſt times to make their addreſſes to God; as Courtiers watch their — molliſſima fandi Tempora

In a time when thou maieſt be found] i.e. In a time of need, ſay ſome, Pſal. 50.15. Or, in a time of favour (as the Chaldee here hath it) Iſa. 53.6. before the decree bring forth, Zepb. 2.2. before the draw-bridge be taken up, the day of grace be expired, Joh. 7.34. & 8.21. Heb. 6.6. Luk. 13.29.

Surely in the floods of great Waters] In the greateſt of outward troubles, or inward perplexities.

They ſhall not come nigh unto him] ſc. To prejudice his eternall ſalvation; freed he ſhall be, if not from the ſmart, yet from the hurt of perſonall croſſes; and for publick calamities, he ſhall be delivered, if not from the common deſtruction, yet from the common diſtraction. Waſhed he may bee, as Paul was in the ſhipwrack, but not drowned with thoſe floods of great waters; be they never ſo great, they are bounded. Beſides, the godly man reſcipiſcit antequam ſuperveniant fluctus miſeriarum, as R. Obad. here noteth, repenteth before thoſe floods come upon him, and ſo redeemeth his own ſorrows. For he ſaith thus,