George Leo Haydock, on Ps 56:5

“And he hath delivered my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men, whose teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.”

“Lions. Poetry gives life to all things. It represents mercy and truth as God’s messengers; and Saul as a young lion. He might have entered the cave with his men, and destroyed David: but Providence caused him to enter alone, so that David had an opportunity to cut off the hem of his garment, and to shew his clemency. — Sword. Thus were the Jews armed, to demand Christ’s death. (Eusebius) (Calmet) — The persecutors use artificial weapons, and excite one another to fury, 1 Kings xxii. 16. (Worthington)”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.