John Trapp on Psalms 9:9

Verſ. 9. The Lord alſo will be a refuge, &c.] Heb. An high tower, edita arx, wherein men are ſecured, and eſcape the impreſſions of an enemy. The very Lame and Blinde, thoſe moſt ſhiftleſs Creatures, when they had gotten the ſtrong Hold of Zion over their heads, thought that then they might ſecurely ſcorn David and his Hoſt, 2 Sam. 5.6, 7. yet their Hold failed them: So did the Tower of Shechem thoſe that ran into it. Not ſo the Almighty, his poor oppreſſed. Univerſal experience ſealeth to this truth; neither can one inſtance be given of the contrary; Higgaion, Selah. It is reported of the [non-Latin text not transcribed], that living in the Fens, and being vext with Gnats,Herod. Lib. 2. they uſe to ſleep in high Towers, whereby, thoſe Creatures not being able to ſoar ſo high, they are delivered from the biting of them: So would it be with us when bitten with cares and fears, did we but run to God for refuge, and reſt confident of his help.