“They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.”
The assertion that enemies cried for help but there was none to save them establishes that the enemies' prayer goes unheeded. The contrast with the speaker's answered prayer suggests that God distinguishes between the righteous and the wicked. The inability to save themselves suggests that enemies have no recourse. This verse emphasizes that divine favor is withdrawn from the enemies.
Church Fathers on Psalms 18:41
To the end, for the servant of the Lord, David himself. 1. That is, for the strong of hand, Christ in His Manhood. “The words of this song which he spoke to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him out of the hands of his enemies, and of the hand of Saul; and he said, On the day when the Lord delivered him out of the hands of his enemies and of the hand of Saul:” namely, the king of the Jews, whom they had demanded for themselves. 1 Samuel 8:5 For as “David” is said…
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