Psalms 109:1
TITLE.. PSALM. Hebrew. _mizmor._ App-65. OF DAVID. See note on Psalms 108:1 (Title). GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. OF. Genitive of Relation: i.e. Whom. praise. Compare Deuteronomy 10:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
TITLE.. PSALM. Hebrew. _mizmor._ App-65. OF DAVID. See note on Psalms 108:1 (Title). GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. OF. Genitive of Relation: i.e. Whom. praise. Compare Deuteronomy 10:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WICKED. a lawless one. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. THEY HAVE SPOKEN AGAINST ME. See verses: Psalms 109:6 for what they spoke.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORDS OF HATRED. Written down in verses: Psalms 109:6. Compare 2 Samuel 16:5 for the type. WITHOUT. CAUSE. Compare John 15:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
I GIVE MYSELF UNTO PRAYER. I [am all] prayer. Compare Psalms 120:7 "I [am all] peace". As here in verses: Psalms 109:1 and verses: Psalms 109:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
REWARDED ME. set or put against me. Syriac reads "returned me". Not the same word as in Psalms 109:20, though the same thing is referred to. EVIL. Hebrew. _ra_. _a'_. App-44. FOR MY LOVE. Note here the _Ellipsis_ of the verb "saying", emphasizing what is said rather than the saying of it. This verb... [ Continue Reading ]
SET THOU. "[saying] Set Thou", &c. See note above. Note the _Parenthesis_ (App-6), verses: Psalms 109:6. AND LET SATAN. And then Satan will. SATAN. an adversary.... [ Continue Reading ]
SIN. Hebrew. _chata._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
LET ANOTHER, &C. Quoted, but not _fulfilled_ in Acts 1:20. OFFICE. overseership.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
VAGABONDS. wanderers. SEEK THEIR BREAD ALSO OUT. Septuagint and Vulg, read "driven out".... [ Continue Reading ]
CATCH. lay. snare for. Compare 1 Samuel 28:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
MERCY. kindness, or grace.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR NAME. Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "His name".... [ Continue Reading ]
INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'avah._ App-44. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
LET THEM BE, &C. This verse is the end of the Parenthesis, which begins with Psalms 109:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 109:16 is. return to the subject of verses: Psalms 109:1, and by the same speaker of verses: Psalms 109:1. THE POOR. an oppressed one (Psalms 109:22). MAN. Hebrew. _i_. _h_. App-14. THE BROKEN IN HEART. one broken in heart. Compare Psalms 109:22; Psalms 69:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
LET THIS BE. This is. Psalms 109:16 is. return to the subject of verses: Psalms 109:1, and by the same speaker of verses: Psalms 109:1. REWARD. work. Not the same word as in Psalms 109:5. FROM THE LORD. from Jehovah. It was He Who permitted it. Compare Psalms 109:27, "This is Thy hand; Thou, LORD,... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. THE LORD. Hebrew Adonai. App-4. NAME'S. See note on Psalms 20:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
POOR. OPPRESSED. Refers to Messiah. Compare Psalms 109:16. See Psalms 40:17; Psalms 69:29; Psalms 70:5; Psalms 86:1. HEART. Compare Psalms 109:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS IS THY HAND. See note on "from the LORD", Psalms 109:20. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for what is done by the hand. THOU, LORD, HAST DONE IT. See note on Psalms 109:20. The same is said of Messiah's exaltation. See Psalms 118:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
LET THEM CURSE. As in verses: Psalms 109:6 LET THY SERVANT REJOICE. Thy servant shall rejoice.... [ Continue Reading ]
LET MINE, &C. Contrast this with the malignity of verses: Psalms 109:6 and characterized in verses: Psalms 109:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SHALL STAND, &C. Contrast this with Psalms 109:6. POOR. needy. Not the same word as in Psalms 109:16. CONDEMN HIS SOUL. Compare the Structure, Psalms 109:20, with Psalms 109:31.... [ Continue Reading ]