Draw out also the spear; rather, bring out also the spear, since spears were not, so far as is known, kept in sheaths, like swords (Exodus 15:9), but only laid up in an armoury. And stop the way against them that persecute me.
So Jarchi, Rosenmuller, Hitzig, Kay, Professor Alexander, Hengstenberg, and our Revisers; but a large number of critics regard סְגר—the word translated "stop the way"—as really the name of a weapon, the Hebrew equivalent of the Greek σάγαρις, which was probably the battle-axe.
(So Vitringa, Michaelis, Bishop Horsley, Cheyne, Mr. Aglen, and the 'Speaker's Commentary.') The passage will then read, "Bring out also the spear and the battle-axe against them that persecute me," which is certainly a better parallel to "Take hold of shield and buckler," than "Bring out the spear, and stop the way."
Say unto my soul, I am thy Salvation. Comfort my soul, i.e; with the assurance that thou art, and wilt ever be, ray Salvation (comp. Psalms 27:1; Psalms 62:2, Psalms 62:6; Psalms 118:14, Psalms 118:21, etc.
). Deliverance from the immediate danger is not all that is meant; but rather support and saving help in all dangers and in all troubles.