Psalms 52

Psalms 52:1

WHy boastest thou] why dost thou triumph in thy wickednesse and cruelty, which thou findest to be favoured and recompenced by Saul: [O mighty man] see 1 Samuel 21:7. [the goodnesse] Gods grace towards his elect, is not changed or annihilated through thy persecutions and cruelties, but it will arise against thee in their behalfe.

Psalms 52:5

Of the living] see Psal. 27. 13.

Psalms 52:6

And feare] namely, they shall reverence God for his judgements.

Psalms 52:9

On thy name] that is to say, on thy selfe, revealed as by a proper name to thy Church; or upon thy grace and savour: [Before thy Saints] the Italian, and it is good, &c. that is to say, thy Saints doe alwayes look after it by faith, and calling upon it, and it is also continually nigh unto them, in all their necessities, and whensoever they pray or call upon it Psal. 16. 8.