4. The Lord is in his holy temple, &c.] The meaning is, that the Lord is the supreme and righteous Ruler of all affairs; that He knows the most secret designs 10. He croucheth, &c.] He will meanly crouch and counterfeit any thing that will serve his purpose; so that the helpless may fall into his power. Travell. 12. — the humble.] Or rather, "the afflicted," as in the margin. Street. 13. — Thou wilt not require it.] The wicked concludes from God's patience, that He will never punish him. Bp. Patrick. 15. Break thou &c.] This may be either a prayer or a prediction, implying that the time will come, when the power of Jehovah will dash in pieces that of the enemy, by the demolition either of sin or the sinner, until wickedness be come utterly to an end, and righteousness be established for ever in the kingdom of the Messiah. Bp. Horne.