18. If I regard iniquity in my heart—literally, "see iniquity with pleasure."

     9. (Compare Pr 15:8; 21:27).

     43-45. covered—namely, thyself (so La 3:44), so as not to see and pity our calamities, for even the most cruel in seeing a sad spectacle are moved to pity. Compare as to God "hiding His face," Ps 10:11; 22:25.

     44. (La 3:8). The "cloud" is our sins, and God's wrath because of them (Isa 44:22; 59:2).