“The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.”
The casting of the burden on God indicates the psalmist's release of the weight through trust and prayer; the problem is placed before God for divine resolution. The promise that God will sustain the righteous and not allow them to be shaken establishes God's role as the ultimate source of security and stability. The affirmation that the righteous will not be delivered to the desires of their enemies suggests that divine protection is absolutely reliable; God will not permit the enemies' plans to succeed. This verse moves from the articulation of pain and betrayal to the assertion of ultimate security in God's hands.
Church Fathers on Psalms 55:21
1. Of this Psalm the title is: “At the end, in hymns, understanding to David himself.” What the “end” is, we will briefly call to your recollection, because you have known it. “For the end of the Law is Christ, for righteousness unto every man believing.” Romans 10:4 Be the attention therefore directed unto the End, directed unto Christ. Wherefore is He called the end? Because whatever we do, to Him we refer it, and when to Him we shall have come home, more to ask we shall…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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