Psalm 56:2,4
Have mercy on me, O Lord, have mercy on me: for my soul trusteth in Thee. V. He hath sent from heaven and delivered me: He hath made them a reproach that trod upon me.
Haydock
Verse 2. In thee. This obliges God to take pity. Ps. xlvi. 11. — Wings, as a chicken retires to the hen. Ruth ii. 12. Matt. xxiii. 37.
Verse 4. Sent his mercy, &c. (C.) above the power of man. W. — Reproach. Saul was forced to entreat David to preserve his family, as he had just spared his own life; which would, no doubt, mortify his pride, (1 K. xxiv. 18. 22. C.) and seem a reproach to him. W.