Psalms 55:17

“They came round about me daily like water, etc.] That is, the terrors of the Lord, the sorrows of death and hell, (<191804>Psalm 18:4,5), this was the Messiah’s case, when it was with him as is expressed (<196901>Psalm 69:1,2), they compassed me about together; as waters coming from many places, from all quarters, meet together, and together surround a person or place in such circumstances was Christ, when the bulls of Bashan beset him around, and the assembly of the wicked enclosed him, and innumerable evils encompassed him about, (<192212>Psalm 22:12,16 40:12).”

“Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray - In another place Psalms 119:164 the psalmist says that he engaged in acts of devotion seven times in a day. Daniel prayed three times a day, Daniel 6:10. David went, in his troubles, before God evening, morning, and mid-day, in solemn, earnest prayer. So Paul, in a time of great distress, gave himself on three set occasions to earnest prayer for deliverance. See the notes at 2 Corinthians 12:8. This verse, therefore, does not prove that it was a regular habit of David to pray three times a day; but in view of the passage, it may be remarked (a) that it is proper to have regular seasons for devotion, of frequent occurrence; and (b) that there…”

“Evening, &c. - The three stated times of prayer among the Jews. Psalms 55:18”

“Evening: Psa 5:2, Psa 5:3, Psa 119:62, Psa 119:147, Psa 119:148; Dan 6:10, Dan 6:13; Mar 1:35, Mar 6:46, Mar 6:48; Luk 18:1-7; Act 3:1, Act 10:3, Act 10:9, Act 10:30; Eph 6:18; Th1 5:17 cry: Job 19:7; Lam 3:8; Heb 5:7 Psalms 55:18”

“In the third group confidence prevails, the tone that is struck up in Psa 55:17 being carried forward. Evening morning, and noon, as the beginning, middle, and close of the day, denote the day in its whole compass or extent: David thus gives expression to the incessancy with which he is determined to lay before God, both in the quiet of his spirit and in louder utterances, whatsoever moves him. The fut. consec. ויּשׁמע connects the hearing (answer) with the prayer as its inevitable result. Also in the praet. פּדה expression is given to the certainty of faith; and בּשׁלום side by side with it denotes, with the same pregnancy of meaning as in Psa 118:5, the state of undisturbed outward and…”