“O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.”
A final petition acknowledges enemies: "O God, the insolent rise up against me; a band of ruffians seeks my life, and they do not set you before them." The enemies are characterized by insolence and disregard for God; their violence against the supplicant is ultimately violence against God's servant. Their failure to acknowledge God becomes the foundation for expecting God's judgment against them.
Church Fathers on Psalms 86:14
1. No greater gift could God have given to men than in making His Word, by which He created all things, their Head, and joining them to Him as His members: that the Son of God might become also the Son of man, one God with the Father, one Man with men; so that when we speak to God in prayer for mercy, we do not separate the Son from Him; and when the Body of the Son prays, it separates not its Head from itself: and it is one Saviour of His Body, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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