Psalms 55:16

“Thy fierce wrath goeth over me, etc.] Or “wraths” f1256, burning wrath; the whole of divine wrath, in all its fierceness, due to the sins of his people: these, like the mighty waves of the sea, passed over him, threatening to overwhelm him, (<198938>Psalm 89:38), thy terrors have cut me off; from the presence of God, and out of his sight; as sometimes the Lord’s people are ready to imagine, when forsaken by him, (<193122>Psalm 31:22) or from the land of the living, as the Messiah was, and in a judicial way, though not for any sin of his own, (<235308>Isaiah 53:8 <270926> Daniel 9:26).”

“God answers his constant and repeated prayers.”

“As for me, I will call upon God - That is, I have no other refuge in my troubles, yet I can go to him, and pour out all the desires of my heart before him. And the Lord shall save me - This expresses strong confidence. On the supposition that the psalm refers to the rebellion of Absalom, David was driven from his home, and his throne, and from the house of God - a poor exile, forsaken by nearly all. But his faith did not fail. He confided in God, and believed that He was able to effect his deliverance, and that He would do it. Rarely can we be placed in circumstances so trying and discouraging as were those of David; never should we, in any circumstances, fall to believe, as he did, that God…”

“Psa 50:15, Psa 73:28, Psa 91:15, Psa 109:4; Luk 6:11, Luk 6:12 Psalms 55:17”