O Lord, thou knowest
All persons and things; he knew the prophet and his heart, and all that was in it; his innocence and integrity; all his afflictions, and what he met with from his enemies; and he knew them, and all their malicious designs against him: remember me;
with the favour which he bore to his own people, his covenant with him, his promises to him, and the word on which he had caused him to hope; because of his trials and troubles, he might seem to be forgotten by him: and visit me;
in mercy for good; and so the Targum adds,
``that thou mayest do well unto me:''and revenge me of my persecutors;
``do not give delay to my injury;''or,
``length to my affliction;''that is, do not delay to take vengeance on my persecutors; and to this sense Jarchi interprets it,
``do not take my cause, and leave it to thy longsuffering, but hasten and avenge me;''and De Dieu proposes such a rendering of the words, "to thy longsuffering do not bring me" F17; and which sense is favoured by the Septuagint version: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke;