"Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah."
Commentary
Gill's Exposition
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness,.... So David did when he fled from Absalom, Sa2 15:23 ; so gracious souls desire to be; not in the wilderness of the people; but to be solitary as in a
wilderness, clear of the company of wicked men, as Jeremiah wished for, Jer 9:2 ; and that they might be more at leisure for and given up unto spiritual devotion, and be secure from their enemies: and as this may be applied to Christ, it shows the wickedness, cruelty, and barbarity of the men of that generation among whom he lived; that he chose rather to be in the wilderness, among wild beasts, than to dwell among them, Mat 17:17 ; some apply this to the state of the primitive church under Jewish persecution, when it fled from Judea, and settled in the wilderness of the Gentiles; the preachers of the word being scattered abroad by the windy storm and tempest of persecution, and the Gospel taken from the Jews, and carried to a nation bringing forth the fruit of it, where it has remained ever since. With this may be compared the state of the church under Rome Pagan, in Rev 12:6 . Selah; on this word; see Gill on Psa 3:2 .
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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness,.... So David did when he fled from Absalom, Sa2 15:23 ; so gracious souls desire to be; not in the wilderness of the people; but to be solitary as in a
wilderness, clear of the company of wicked men, as Jeremiah wished for, Jer 9:2 ; and that they might be more at leisure for and given up unto spiritual devotion, and be secure from their enemies: and as this may be applied to Christ, it shows the wickedness, cruelty, and barbarity of the men of that generation among whom he lived; that he chose rather to be in the wilderness, among wild beasts, than to dwell among them, Mat 17:17 ; some apply this to the state of the primitive church under Jewish persecution, when it fled from Judea, and settled in the wilderness of the Gentiles; the preachers of the word being scattered abroad by the windy storm and tempest of persecution, and the Gospel taken from the Jews, and carried to a nation bringing forth the fruit of it, where it has remained ever since. With this may be compared the state of the church under Rome Pagan, in Rev 12:6 . Selah; on this word; see Gill on Psa 3:2 .