Keep not thou silence, O God,.... Which he is thought and said to do, when he does not answer the prayers of his people, nor plead their cause, nor rebuke their enemies; when he does not speak a good word to them, or one for them, or one against those that hate and persecute them;
hold not thy peace; or "be not deaf" (b) to the cries and tears of his people, and to the reproaches, menaces, and blasphemies of wicked men:
and be not still, O God; or "quiet" (c), at rest and ease, inactive and unconcerned, as if he cared not how things went; the reason follows.
(b) אל-תחרש "ne obsurdescas", Vatablus; "ne surdum agas", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "ne quasi surdus et mutus sis", Michaelis. (c) אל תשקט "ne quiescas", Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Gejerus "neque quietus sis", Michaelis.
Keep not thou silence, O God,.... Which he is thought and said to do, when he does not answer the prayers of his people, nor plead their cause, nor rebuke their enemies; when he does not speak a good word to them, or one for them, or one against those that hate and persecute them;
hold not thy peace; or "be not deaf" (b) to the cries and tears of his people, and to the reproaches, menaces, and blasphemies of wicked men:
and be not still, O God; or "quiet" (c), at rest and ease, inactive and unconcerned, as if he cared not how things went; the reason follows.
(b) אל-תחרש "ne obsurdescas", Vatablus; "ne surdum agas", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "ne quasi surdus et mutus sis", Michaelis. (c) אל תשקט "ne quiescas", Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Gejerus "neque quietus sis", Michaelis.