Psalms 140:10

Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. LET BURNING COALS FALL UPON THEM - (Psalms 18:12; Psalms 120:4.) LET THEM BE CAST INTO THE FIRE - rather, 'Let Him (Yahweh) cast them into the fire.' INTO DEEP PITS So the Hebrew commentators But Gesensius takes it as: [ mahªmorowt (H4113)] INTO DEEP PITS. So the Hebrew commentators. But Gesensius takes it as: [ mahªmorowt (H4113)], 'water-floods,' in consonance with a kindred Arabic form. Waters are often mentioned with fire in res...

8-13 Believers may pray that God would not grant the desires of the wicked, nor further their evil devices. False accusers will bring mischief upon themselves, even the burning coals of Divine vengeance. And surely the righteous shall dwell in God's presence, and give him thanks for evermore. This is true thanksgiving, even thanks-living: this use we should make of all our deliverances, we should serve God the more closely and cheerfully. Those who, though evil spoken of and ill-used by men, are righteous in the sight of God, being justified by the righteousness of Christ, which is imputed to them, and received by faith, as the effect of which, they live soberly and righteously; these give thanks to the Lord, for the righteousness whereby they are made righteous, and for every blessing of grace, and mercy of life...

Verse Psalms 140:10. _LET BURNING COALS_] The _Chaldee_ considers this as spoken against _Ahithophel_, who was head of a conspiracy against David; and translates this verse thus: "Let coals from heaven fall upon them, precipitate them into the fire of hell, and into miry pits, from which they shall not have a resurrection to eternal life." This is a proof that the Jews did believe in a resurrection of the body, and an eternal life for that body, in the case of the righteous....

LET BURNING COALS FALL UPON THEM - Let them be punished, “as if” burning coals were poured upon them. See Psalms 11:6, note; Psalms 18:12, notes; Psalms 120:4, note. LET THEM BE CAST INTO THE FIRE - Punished as if they were cast into the fire and consumed. INTO DEEP PITS, THAT THEY RISE NOT UP AGAIN - That they may utterly perish. This was one mode of punishing, by casting a man into a deep pit from which he could not escape, and leaving him to die, Genesis 37:20,...

EXPOSITION MAINLY a psalm of supplication. David is in great straits, threatened by violent and malignant enemies (Psalms 140:1), against whom he prays to God for aid (Psalms 140:1, Psalms 140:4, Psalms 140:6, Psalms 140:8). At the same time, he praises God for his protection in past dangers (Psalms 140:7), and expresses his confidence that judgment will overtake the wicked ...

LET BURNING COALS FALL UPON THEM,.... From heaven, as the Targum, Aben Ezra, and Kimchi, by way of explanation; alluding to the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah with fire from thence: and may design both the terrible judgments of God in this life, and everlasting burnings in hell; so Jarchi interprets it of the coals of hell; see Psalms 11:6; LET THEM BE CAST INTO THE FIRE; into the fire of divine wrath, and have severe punishment inflicted on them in this world; and into the fire of hell hereafter, as the Targum, which is unquenchable and everlasting; and into which all wicked men, carnal professors, the followers of antichrist, the devil and his angels, will be cast: of the phrase of casting into hell, see Matthew 5:29; into deep pits, that they rise not up again

To the Chief Musician, a Psalm of David. Very likely this Psalm was written by David while he was being hunted about by Saul, and while all manner of falsehoods were being spoken against him. He therefore comforts himself in his God. He writes this Psalm, and he means to have it sung, and sung well; so he dedicates it «to the chief Musician.» There are some parts of our life which are so crowded with urgent necessity, and so full of divine mercy that we feel that, if we ever get through them, we will make a song about our deliverance, and dedicate that song unto God through «the chief Musician.» Psalms 140:1. _Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;_ He is wicked at heart, and violent in his temper. Whenever we meet with such an adversary, we have good reason to cry to God: «Deliver me: preserve me.» Yet, if we must have enemies, we pr

PSALM 140-142 These three Psalms are Psalms of David. The third one in this series, 142 is another Maschil, the last Maschil Psalm, being a prayer when David was in the cave. In these Psalms the distress of Israel, the godly remnant of Israel, is again remembered. In Psalms 140:1 we see prophetically the evil and violent man, that man of sin of the last days. And therefore have we one more imprecatory prayer for the destruction of the wicked (verse 10). The last verses look forward to the overthrow of the wicked and the exaltation of the righteous. In Psalms 141:1 the righteous are seen in separation from the wicked, and the prayer for preservation. Psalms 142:1 contains continued prayer for deliverance

CXL. THE PRAYER OF A MAN HARD BESET BY TREACHEROUS FOES. It seems clear that the foes of whom the author complains are Jews, not foreign assailants. Slander and violence are their weapons, and the war which they stir up is party strife, not actual battle. Note further that the Psalmist characterises his enemies (Psalms 140:5) as the proud a very natural term for the poor and pious Pharisee to use of the rich and aristocratic Sadducee. We have no certain indication of the date at which the Ps. was written. We can only say that it is natural to regard it as a Pharisee Ps. and to compare Psalms 56-59, 82, 94. PSALMS 140:1. The Ps. begins with a double introduction, or rather with two variants of the same introduction,...

BURNING COALS. Put by Figure of speech _Metony_. _y_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for cruel words and hard speeches which wound the heart as fire wounds the body. Compare Proverbs 16:27; Proverbs 26:23. THAT THEY, &C.. let them not, &c....