Give them according to their work,

And according to the evil of their doings:

Give them according to the operation of their hands.

This is not a vindictive craving for personal revenge, but a solemn prayer that Jehovah will openly convict false and wicked men by manifesting His righteous judgements upon them, and punishing them as they deserve. See Introd. p. xc.

Give Of a judicial sentence. Cp. Hosea 9:14; Jeremiah 32:19.

their desert The word denotes an actioneither good or bad, and its fitting reward.

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