John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 27:2

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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When the wicked, [even] mine enemies and my foes, came upon me, etc.] They are wicked men, men of malignant spirits, and evildoers, who are the enemies and foes of the people of God, and who hate them with an implacable hatred, and do everything they can to distress and afflict them; and such enemies David had, who were many and mighty; and these “came upon” him, or “approached against” him f421, they drew near to him to make war with him, as the word signifies f422; they attacked him in an hostile manner; and their view was, as he says, to eat up my flesh, as they eat bread, (<191404>Psalm 14:4); to devour him at once, to make but one morsel of him, to destroy his life, to strip him of his substance, to take away his wives and children, as the Amalekites at Ziklag, (<093001>1 Samuel 30:1-6); they stumbled and fell; the Lord put stumbling blocks in their way, and retarded their march, and hindered them from executing their designs; and they fell into the hands of David, and were subdued under him, or fell by death; and these past instances of divine goodness the psalmist calls to mind, to keep up his heart and courage, and animate and strengthen him against the fears of men, of death and hell.

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