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Psalm 22:7: All those who see me mock at me: they thrust out

the lip, and shake the head.

How severe a temptation this must have been to David every man may

judge from his own experience. But by the remedy he used he afforded a

proof of the sincerity of his confidence:for unless he had had God as the

undoubted witness and approver of the sincerity of his heart, he would

never have dared to come before him with this complaint. Whenever,

therefore, men charge us with hypocrisy, let it be our endeavor that the

inward sincerity of our hearts may answer for us before God. And

whenever Satan attempts to dislodge faith from our minds, by biting

detraction and cruel derision, let this be our sacred anchors — to call upon

God to witness it, and that, beholding it, he may be pleased to show his

righteousness in maintaining our right, since his holy name cannot be

branded with viler blasphemy than to say that those who put their trust in

him are puffed up with vain confidence, and that those who persuade

themselves that God loves them deceive themselves with a groundless

fancy. As the Son of God was assailed with the same weapon, it is certain

that Satan will not be more sparing of true believers who are his members

than of him. They ought, therefore, to defend themselves from this

consideration - that although men may regard them as in a desperate

condition, yet, if they commit to God both themselves and all their affairs,

their prayers will not be in vain. By the verb, lg, gol, which is rendered to

commit, the nature and efficacy of faith are very well expressed, which,

reposing itself upon the providence of God, relieves our minds from the

burdens of the cares and troubles with which they are agitated.

Commentaries on the Psalms