For in thee, O Lord, do I hope
That he would plead his cause against his accusers and revilers,
and who sought his hurt; that he should be delivered out of their
hands, and out of all his afflictions; that he should be healed
of his diseases, both of soul and body, under which he laboured;
and should again enjoy the light of God's countenance, and have
the discoveries of his pardoning grace and mercy; and this was
the reason why he was so calm and quiet amidst the unkindnesses
of his friends, and the cruel usage of his enemies;
thou wilt hear,
or "answer",
O Lord my God;
in the midst of all his distresses of body and mind, he had not
given up his interest in God, as his God and Father; which is the
great blessing of the covenant of grace, and which ever
continues; and is the great support of believers, under
whatsoever they meet with in soul and body, from friends or foes;
this his God the psalmist believed would not only hear his cries
in his sore distress, but hear the reproaches of his enemies, and
answer them in a providential way in his own time, by terrible
things in righteousness to their conviction and confusion; and
therefore he himself was silent.