But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord (comp. Psalms 3:8; Psalms 68:20, etc.). He is their Strength in the time of trouble (see Psalms 18:1; Psalms 46:1, etc.). The last two verses sum up the teaching of the psalm, and indicate its especial object, which was to encourage and sustain the righteous under their trials, by the assurance that they were under the special protection of God, who, whenever trouble threatened, would stand forth as their Strength and Defence, and would ultimately be their "Salvation.'
' The full meaning of this last expression was left obscure, though enough was said to raise the hope that this world was not the end of everything, but rather the beginning.