Psalms 25:2

Psa 25:2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

Ver. 2. O my God, I trust in thee ] I pray in faith, which is as the fire, and my prayer as the flame that ariseth out of it. Faith is the foundation of prayer; and prayer is the fervency of faith. Now David knew that the hand of faith never knocketh at the gate of grace in vain.

Let me not be ashamed ] Shame is the daughter of disappointment. This David deprecateth; Quaeque repulsa gravis. See Job 6:20 .

Let not mine enemies triumph over me ] By saying that I pray to no purpose, as Rabshakeh did, Isaiah 35:6 . I say (saith Hezekiah) I have words of my lips, prayer; prayer? but alas, what is that more than empty words, an airy nothing? Counsel and strength are for the battle. Thus he.