Verses 1–2
Meditation - My prayer accompanied with deep thoughts and fervent affections of soul.
Verse 3
Morning - Every morning. As soon as I wake, I am still with thee, as he saith, Psal 139:18. The first thing that I do is to pray to thee.
Verses 4–6
Surely - Thou dost not approve of, nor delight in them, or in their prayers. Dwelt - Have any fellowship with thee.
Verse 7
Come - With holy boldness and confidence. Mercy - Trusting only in thy great mercy. Fear - With an holy dread and reverence of thy majesty. Towards - Looking towards it, when I cannot come to it.
Verse 8
Righteousness - In thy righteous laws. Because - That I may give them no occasion of slandering me, or religion for my sake. The way - The way wherein thou wouldst have to one walk. Plain - That I may clearly discern it, and readily walk in it.
Verse 9
Throat - Wide opened ready to devour all that come within their reach. A metaphor from wild beasts gaping for the prey.
Verses 10–12
Destroy - Condemn and punish them. Cast - Out of thy land, and from among thy people.