Psalms 7:15

“Mine eyes [are] ever towards the Lord, etc.] Not only as the God of nature and providence, for his daily support and supply, in which sense the eyes of all creatures wait upon him; but as his covenant God and Father, having the eyes of his understanding opened to see and know him as such, and the eye of his faith directed to him, to believe in him, and make him his hope and trust; and his eye was single to him; it was to him, and him only, that he looked; and it was constant, it was ever to him, he set the Lord always before him; and such a look was well pleasing to God: it may also respect the lifting up of his eyes to God in prayer for all mercies temporal and spiritual, and his prayer was…”

“psa 7:15Sa1 18:17; Sa1 31:2 illustrate the statement whether alluded to or not. These verses are expository of Psa 7:14, showing how the devices of the wicked end in disappointment, falsifying their expectations.”

“He made a pit - The allusion here is undoubtedly to a method of hunting wild beasts which was common in ancient times. It consists in digging a pit-fall, and covering it over with brush and grass so as to deceive the animals, and then enclosing them and driving them into it. See the notes at Isaiah 24:17. And digged it - And hollowed it out so as to be large enough to contain his prey, and so deep that he could not escape if he fell into it. The idea is, that the enemy here referred to had laid a secret and artful plan to destroy others. He meant that they should not be aware of his plan until the mischief came suddenly upon them. He was preparing to ruin them, and supposed that he was…”

“made: Heb. hath digged, Psa 35:7, Psa 119:85; Job 6:27; Jer 18:20 and is: Psa 9:15, Psa 9:16, Psa 10:2, Psa 35:8, Psa 94:13, Psa 140:9, Psa 140:10, Psa 141:10; Est 7:10; Job 4:8; Pro 5:22, Pro 26:27; Ecc 10:8, Ecc 10:9 Psalms 7:16”