John Trapp on Psalms 55:21

Verſ. 21. The words of his mouth were ſmoother than butter] Full finely he could ſooth and ſmooth mee up, whiles he was my counſellor, with his Pithanologie.

Mel in ore, verba lactis: Fel in corde, frans in fact is.

But war was in his heart] Heb. His heart was war; ſo in another Pſalm David ſaith of himſelf, I am peace; but when I ſpeak of it, they are for war.

His words were ſofter than oyl] So were Joabs to Amaſa, Judeſſes to Chriſt; Cteſias. Cambyſes's to his Brother whom he ſlew; Andronicus's to his Nobles, put to death by him, whiles he wept over them, as if he had been the ſorrowfulleſt man alive.Turk. Hiſt. ſol. 50. Whereupon the Hiſtorian cryeth out, O deep diſſimulation, and Crocodiles tears. &c! The wiſer ſort deemed Andronicus his prayſings to be the beginnings of a mans diſgrace; his bounty, his undoing; and his kindneſſe, his death.Agedum igitur animula mea cur te diuti[illegible: 2 letters] Excruci[illegible: 1 letter]s? [illegible: 1 word]