V. 11. Withhold not Thou Thy tender mercies from me, O Lord; let Thy loving-kindness and Thy truth continually preserve me. It is the cry of a poor and stricken sinner whom the punishment of God has overtaken, who is tortured by the consciousness of his guilt; for Christ was the full Substitute for mankind, making the misery and the curse resting upon men His own.
V. 12. For innumerable evils have compassed me about, attacking Him on all sides like countless hordes of bitter enemies; mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, having overtaken him like a victorious army, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head, for they were the countless millions which had been committed by all men; therefore my heart faileth me, it has forsaken Him, leaving Him weak and powerless in His misery.
V. 13. Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, make haste to help me, haste being necessary because He was in such depths of oppression. V. 14. Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it, for all the enemies of mankind were pursuing Him with all the curse, wrath, and damnation which the countless sins of men deserved; let them be driven backward and put to shame, covered with disgrace, that wish me evil.
V. 15. Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame, utterly stunned and dazed, that say unto me, Aha, aha! in sneering derision in an attempt to frustrate His work of redemption. The wonderful plans of God for our salvation are revealed in this passage in all their surpassing glory. The enemies cannot hinder the salvation of mankind, and all their attempts to do so result but in their own downfall.
V. 16. Let all those that seek Thee, with hearts filled with faith, rejoice and be glad in Thee, finding comfort in God, their Savior; let such as love Thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified, in a glorious hymn of thanksgiving.
V. 17. But I am poor and needy, in misery on account of the load of human guilt resting upon Him; yet the Lord, the All-powerful, thinketh upon Me, taking care of Him in His trouble; Thou art My help and My Deliverer; make no tarrying, O My God! With the faith in Jesus Christ and His salvation for all mankind in our hearts, we may find comfort in all troubles of this earthly life and victoriously cope with all our enemies.