I will say of the Lord
Or to the Lord F16: these are the words of the
psalmist, expressing his faith in the Lord in the following
words, taking encouragement from the safety of the godly man
above described: the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and all the
Oriental versions, read, he shall say to the Lord; that is, the
man that dwells in the secret place, and under the shadow of the
Lord: the Targum is,
``David said, I will say to the Lord,''as follows:
he is my refuge:
a refuge in every time of trouble, outward or toward; a refuge
when all others fail; and is himself a never failing one, a
strong refuge, which none can break through and into, and in
which all that have fled thither and dwell are safe:
and my fortress;
what fortifications, natural or artificial, are to a city and its
inhabitants, that is God to his people, and much more; he is
round about them, as the mountains were about Jerusalem; his
salvation are walls and bulwarks to them; yea, he is a wall of
fire about them, ( Psalms 125:2
) ( Isaiah
26:1 ) ( Zechariah
2:5 ) , they are kept by his power, as in a garrison, (
1 Peter 1:5 )
,
my God, in him will I trust;
his covenant God, his God in Christ, and who would ever continue
so; and was a proper object of his trust and confidence, both as
the God of nature, and the God of grace; who is to be trusted in,
both for temporal and spiritual blessings, and at all times; to
which his lovingkindness, power, and faithfulness, greatly
encourage and engage: the Targum is,
``in his Word will I trust.''