“Rescue me!
O my God!
From the hand of the wicked!
Rescue me!
From the grasp of the unjust!
Rescue me!
From the cruel man!
Yahweh!
You are my hope!
You are my trust!
From my youth!
Yahweh!
I have leaned upon you from my birth.
You took me
From my mother’s womb.
My praise is continually of you.”
Another common theme is the rescue from the hands of the wicked. This psalmist is no exception. He wants to be rescued and saved from the wicked, the unjust, and the cruel ones. This psalmist has hoped and trusted in Yahweh from the day of his birth to the present time. All his life he has continually praised God.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 