John Trapp on Psalms 54:3

Ver. 3. For ſtrangers are riſen up againſt mee] He meaneth not foreiners,Nothi & ſpurii. but home-dwellers; Saul, Doeg, Ziphims, &c. ſtrangers to Religion, reaſon, common humanity, Jews outwardly, but not inwardly; Heathens upon the matter, Pſal. 59.5. Rev. 11.2. Am. 9.7. The Pope ſhewed himſelf no better in delivering up for mony Zemes the great Turks Brother, who fled to him for ſafeguard of his life, wrongfully ſought after.

Oppreſſours ſeek after my ſoul] i.e. My life at leaſt; my ſoul alſo they would deſtroy, if it lay in their power, as the Papiſts delivered up John Hus to the Devil when they burnt him; and would not allow Hierom of Prague a Confeſſour, though he requeſted it. So the Monſter of Millain that made his enemy firſt curſe Chriſt in hope of life, and then ſtabbed him to death, ſaying, Now go ſoul and body to the Devill. So hee that for ſpite procuring a man to bee hanged,Bodio. derep. and ſeeing him penitent, ſaid, I am afraid the rogue will go to Heaven.

They have not ſet God before them This was the root of all their out-rages, they made no reckoning of God, pr[illegible: 1 letter]ut eſt judex & vindex mali, as he is a ſevere Judge, and a ſharp revenger of ſin and wickedneſſe.