Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; HOLD NOT THY PEACE, O GOD OF MY PRAISE - (cf. .) Thou hast heretofore given me continual reason to praise thee; do not now withhold thy word of power in my behalf (cf. ; ), that I may again have cause to praise thee (cf. ; ; ; ). As the enemy's "mouth" and... [ Continue Reading ]
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. FOR THE MOUTH OF THE WICKED AND THE MOUTH OF THE DECEITFUL ARE OPENED AGAINST ME. But the Hebrew verb is active [ paatach (H6605)], and therefore the translation mus... [ Continue Reading ]
They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. THEY COMPASSED ME ABOUT ALSO WITH WORDS OF HATRED - with malicious charges. AND FOUGHT AGAINST ME - with their tongues as the weapon of conflict (Psalms 55:21; Psalms 57:4). WITHOUT A CAUSE - gratuitous... [ Continue Reading ]
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. FOR MY LOVE THEY ARE MY ADVERSARIES, BUT I (GIVE MYSELF UNTO) PRAYER - `but I (am wholly engrossed in) prayer.' This is my sole resource against them, the one thing which is my being-my life-breath, Compare John 7:32; . After His... [ Continue Reading ]
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. AND THEY HAVE REWARDED ME EVIL FOR GOOD, AND HATRED FOR MY LOVE - (; ; .)... [ Continue Reading ]
Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. SET THOU A WICKED MAN OVER HIM - as his superior, armed with judicial authority to execute God's judgment on him. A just retribution for his own past abuse of judicial power ("his office," Psalms 109:8) in oppressing the humbl... [ Continue Reading ]
When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. WHEN HE SHALL BE JUDGED, LET HIM BE CONDEMNED - literally, 'let him go forth (from the trial pronounced) guilty,' even as he condemned me "without a cause" (). AND LET HIS PRAYER BECOME SIN - i:e., be imputed to him... [ Continue Reading ]
Let his days be few; and let another take his office. LET HIS DAYS BE FEW - even as he plotted to shorten my days; literally, 'be fewnesses.' The wish accords with the divinely-appointed fact (Psalms 55:23). LET ANOTHER TAKE HIS OFFICE - Hebrew, 'his office as visitor' or overseer [ pªqudaatow... [ Continue Reading ]
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. LET HIS CHILDREN BE FATHERLESS, AND HIS WIFE A WIDOW. There is a regular progression. Having abused his office for wickedness, he has a wicked man set over him, ; he is condemned, ; senten... [ Continue Reading ]
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. LET HIS CHILDREN BE CONTINUALLY VAGABONDS - (Psalms 59:11; Psalms 59:15.) AND BEG - in contrast to the provision for the righteous (Psalms 37:25). LET THEM SEEK (THEIR BREAD) ALSO... [ Continue Reading ]
Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. -God's visitation on the wicked man's property (Psalms 109:11); on his name and memorial (Psalms 109:13). The inspired prophetic prayer rests on the principle that divine justice is an all-consuming fire (Hebrews... [ Continue Reading ]
But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. BUT DO THOU FOR ME, O GOD THE LORD, FOR THY NAME'S SAKE. Supply to 'do thou for thy name's sake' what is suitable to thy name - i:e., what is suitable to thy manifested character of faithfulness... [ Continue Reading ]
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. FOR I AM POOR AND NEEDY - (.) AND MY HEART IS WOUNDED WITHIN ME - with grief (, end; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. I AM GONE LIKE THE SHADOW WHEN IT DECLINETH - (, note.) I AM TOSSED UP AND DOWN AS THE LOCUST - or, 'I am swept away (cast out) as the locust.' The wind irresistibly sweeps away the hordes of locusts, so as to... [ Continue Reading ]
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. MY KNEES ARE WEAK THROUGH FASTING - not fasting from want of appetite, but the fasting which is practiced by men overwhelmed with severe sufferings (Hengstenberg). (Psalms 35:13; Psalms 69:10.) AND MY FLESH FAILETH OF FATNESS -... [ Continue Reading ]
I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads. I BECAME ALSO A REPROACH UNTO THEM - (Psalms 22:6; .) Hebrew, 'and I' emphatically: I, who ought to have been an object of sympathy in my misery, was made an object of reproach. WHEN THEY LOOKED UPON ME THEY... [ Continue Reading ]
Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy: HELP ME, O LORD ... THAT THEY MAY KNOW THAT THIS IS THY HAND - "that this" work of delivering me "is" the doing of 'thine hand' ().... [ Continue Reading ]
Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. WHEN THEY ARISE - namely, against me (; .) LET THEM BE ASHAMED; BUT LET THY SERVANT REJOICE - (Isaiah 65:13).... [ Continue Reading ]
Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. LET MINE ADVERSARIES BE CLOTHED WITH SHAME - (). AND LET THEM COVER THEMSELVES WITH THEIR OWN CONFUSION, AS WITH A MANTLE (Psalms 109:18) - 'with a long mantle' reaching to the... [ Continue Reading ]
I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. I WILL GREATLY PRAISE THE LORD WITH MY MOUTH. The conclusion is praise (; ). YEA, I WILL PRAISE HIM AMONG THE MULTITUDE - (.)... [ Continue Reading ]
For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul. FOR HE SHALL STAND AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE POOR, TO SAVE HIM FROM THOSE THAT CONDEMN HIS SOUL. So counteracting "Satan," who also stands at the poor sufferer's right hand to accuse and destroy him (;... [ Continue Reading ]