This psalm is the answer of faith to the advice of fear. Fear sees only the things that are near. Faith takes in the larger distances. The advice of fear is found in the words beginning, "Flee as a bird," and ending, "What can the righteous do?" The name and thought of God are absent. The peril is seen vividly and accurately. It is wicked in nature; imminent, the wicked bend the bow; subtle, they "shoot in darkness." The very foundations are destroyed. There is nothing now for fear but to flee!
The rest of the psalm is the answer of faith. The first vision of faith is of The LORD enthroned. That is the supreme foundation. Then He also sees the peril. Do the wicked watch the righteous? The LORD watches the wicked! Are the righteous tried in the process? The LORD presides over the trial. Are the wicked going to shoot? So is The LORD, and rain snares and brimstone! Perhaps among all the psalms none reveals more perfectly the strong hold of faith. The man who sees The LORD enthroned and governing has no panic.
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