John Trapp on Psalms 55:1

PSAL. LV.

A Pſalm of David] Whether made upon occaſion of his flight from Keilah, 1 Sam. 23. or from Abſolom, 2 Sam. 15, & 16. Idemeſt argumentum, & idem uſus hujus Pſalmi at que ſuperioris, ſaith Beza; this and the former Pſalm are of the ſame argument, and for the ſame uſe. It is moſt probable that this Pſalm was written when Abſolom was up, and Huſh[illegible: 1 letter]i related unto Zadock the troubled ſtate of the City, 2 Sam. 17.15. with which compare, verſ. 9, 10, 11. of this Pſalm. For thereupon David, put into a great perturbation, as verſ. 4, 5. wiſhed for the wings of a Dove, not the pinnions of a Dragon, that he might flye farro away.

Verſ. 1. Give ear to my prayer, O God] Davids danger was preſent, his prayer therefore is preſſing; being not the labour of his lips, but the travell of his heart. The breath that commeth from the lips is cold, not that which commeth from the lungs.

Hide not thy ſelf] As men when they are not willing to be ſued unto, will not be ſeen.