ye overwhelm] Heb. ye cause to fall upon. the fatherlesse] Me, who am destitute of all help, like a fatherlesse childe, whom all should defend, Psalms 94:6. chap. 22. 9. and 24. 3, 9. you dig a pit for your friend] He sets out their cruelty against him by two things odious. First, by the undoing of a fatherlesse childe. Secondly, by digging a pit, not for an enemy, but for a friend to fall into.