I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from
all my fears (Ps. 34:4).
David He did not look upon his dangers with a calm and
untroubled mind, as if he viewed them at a distance and from some elevated
position, but being grievously tormented with innumerable cares, he might
justly speak of his fears and terrors. Nay more, by the use of the plural
number, he shows that he had been greatly terrified not only in one way, but
that he had been distracted by a variety of troubles.
On the one hand, he saw a cruel death awaiting him; while on
the other, his mind may have been filled with fear, lest Achish should send him
to Saul for his gratification, as the ungodly are wont to make sport to
themselves of the children of God. And since he had already been detected and
betrayed once, he might well conclude, even if he should escape, that the hired
assassins of Saul would lay wait for him on all sides. The hatred too which
Achish had conceived against him, both for the death of Goliath and the
destruction of his own army, might give rise to many fears; especially considering
that his enemy might instantly wreak his vengeance upon him, and that he had
good reason to think that his cruelty was such as would not be appeased by
subjecting him to some mild form of death.
We ought to mark this particularly, in order that, if at any
time we are terrified because of the dangers which surround us, we may not be
prevented by our effeminacy from calling upon God. Even David, who is known to
have surpassed others in heroism and bravery, had not such a heart of iron as
to repel all fears and alarms, but was sometimes greatly disquieted and smitten
with fear.(Commentaries)
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