David here lets us know, 1. How he was discouraged in his duty by the fear of man: Princes persecuted him . They looked upon him as a traitor and an enemy to the government, and under that notion sought his life, and bade him go serve other gods , 1 Sam. 26:19. It has been the common lot of the best men to be persecuted; and the case is the worse if princes be the persecutors, for they have not on...