Psalms 20

Psalms 20:3

Pervert - As Job hath affirmed.

Psalms 20:4

Who - Who or where is his superior that made the world, and, then delivered the government of it to God? God himself is the sole creator, the absolute Lord of all, and therefore cannot do unjustly: because the creator and Lord of the world must needs have all possible perfections in himself, and amongst others, perfect justice. Disposed - Or, committed, to him, to be governed by him, in the name, of his Lord, to whom he must give an account.

Psalms 20:6

All - The design of this and the foregoing verse is the same with that of ver.13, namely, to declare God’s absolute and uncontrollable sovereignty over all men.

Psalms 20:8

Shall he - That is unrighteous. Govern - Elihu’s argument is the same with that of Abraham, Genesis 18:25, and that of St. Paul, Romans 3:5,6. If God be unrighteous, how shall he judge or govern the world? And the argument is undeniable: if God were unjust, there would be nothing but injustice and confusion in the world, whereas we see there is a great deal of justice administered in the world, and all this must proceed from him who is the fountain of all justice, and rule, and authority. And he that makes men just, shall he be unjust? Most just - God, who hath given so many clear and unquestionable evidences of his justice, in giving just and holy laws, in encouraging and rewarding righteous persons in this life, and inflicting dreadful judgments upon tyrants and oppressors.

Psalms 20:9

Wicked - Though a king may be wicked, yet his subjects neither may nor dare call him so.