Psalms 31:22

“For I said in my haste, etc.] When he made haste to get away for fear of Saul, (<092326>1 Samuel 23:26); and so the Targum renders it, “I said when I sought to flee away”; or else he said this hastily and rashly, in the hurry of his mind, being in the utmost confusion and distress, as in (<19B611>Psalm 116:11); I am cut off from before thine eyes; his case was very bad, he was reduced to the utmost extremity, and his faith was as low; he thought it was all over with him, and there was no way of escape, nor hope of it; and that he was like a branch cut off, ready to be cast into the fire; that he was cut off from the house of God, and from communion with him; that he would never look upon him…”

“For I said--literally, "And I said," in an adversative sense. I, thus favored, was despondent. in my haste--in my terror. cut off . . . eyes--from all the protection of Thy presence.”

“For I said in my haste - In my fear; my apprehension. The word rendered “haste” means properly that terror or alarm which causes one to flee, or to endeavor to escape. It is not “haste” in the sense of an opinion formed too quickly, or formed rashly; it is “haste” in the sense of terror leading to sudden flight, or an effort to escape. See an illustration of this idea in the case of David himself, in 1 Samuel 23:26. I am cut off - That is, I shall certainly be cut off or destroyed. From before thine eyes - Either, in thy very presence; or, so that I shall not be admitted into thy presence. I shall be cut down, and suffered no more to come before thee to worship thee. Compare the notes at…”

“Haste - When my passion took away my consideration, and weakened my faith. Cut off - Cast out of thy sight, and out of the care of thy gracious providence. Next: Psalms Chapter 32”

“I said: Psa 116:11; Sa1 23:26, Sa1 27:1 I am: Psa 31:17 \*marg. Psa 88:16; Isa 6:5 \*marg Psa 38:10-12, Psa 49:14; Job 35:14; Lam 3:54, Lam 3:55; Eze 37:11; Jon 2:4 nevertheless: Psa 6:9; Ch2 33:11-13; Jon 2:7-9; Heb 5:7 Psalms 31:23”