John Trapp on Psalms 4:2

Verſ. 2. O yee ſons of men] Yee Grandees. Pſal. 49.3. who think to carry all before you with thoſe big looks, and bubbles of words; yee who are potent at Court, and therefore inſolent above meaſure. David having poured out his heart to God in prayer, takes heart of grace thus freely to beſpeak theſe great ones his enemies.

How long will yee turn my glory into ſhame?] i. e. attempt to put me beſide the Kingdom, whereunto God hath deſigned and deſtined me? You think, belike, to jeer me out of my right, and by caſting upon me Cart-loads of Calumnies, and contumelies, to make me deſiſt, and hang up my hopes. But it is otherwiſe, beleeve it, Pſal. 14.6, 7. yee have ſhamed the counſel of the poor, becauſe the Lord is his refuge. But will he therefore give over praying? No, for in the next words he falls on, and ſays, O that the Salvation of Iſrael were come out of Zion, &c.

How long will yee love vanity? &c.] i. e. trouble your ſelves to no purpoſe, whiles yee plot, and plow miſchief to him who is bleſſed, and ſhall be bleſſed ingratiis veſtris? you love, you ſeek: that is, you both inwardly affect wickedneſs, and outwardly act it; but all in vain,