Verses 1-5 David
waited with a secret hope that the Lord would help him out of his difficulty.
But he seems to have been influenced too much by the fear of man, in consenting
to attend Achish. It is hard to come near to the brink of sin, and not to fall
in. God inclined the princes of the Philistines to oppose David's being employed
in the battle. Thus their dislike befriended him, when no friend could do him
such a kindness.
Verses 6-11
David scarcely ever had a greater deliverance than when dismissed from such
insnaring service. God's people should always behave themselves so, as, if
possible, to get the good word of all they have dealings with: and it is due to
those who have acted well, to speak well of them.
