_David complaining of his slanderous enemies, under the person of Judas, devoteth them: he sheweth their sin: complaining of his own misery, he prayth for help: he promiseth thankfulness._ To the chief musician, A Psalm of David. _TITLE._ מזמור לדוד למנצח _LAMNATSEACH LEDAVID MIZMOR._— There is no... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR MY LOVE, &C.— _While I pray for them, they in return for my love falsely accuse me._ Green.... [ Continue Reading ]
SET THOU A WICKED MAN OVER HIM— _Set a wicked one over him, and let an adversary stand at his right hand._ I choose to translate it, says Mudge, by the general word _adversary,_ because it better suits the idea of a judgment or trial. Instead of an _advocate's_ standing at his right hand, as he in t... [ Continue Reading ]
LET THEM SEEK THEIR BREAD— _Let them be driven from their ruinous habitations._ Green.... [ Continue Reading ]
LET THE EXTORTIONER CATCH— Or, _Let the usurer extort._... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT HE MIGHT EVEN SLAY THE BROKEN IN HEART— _And broken in heart, to slay him._... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKE OIL INTO HIS BONES— These expressions admirably mark out an adhering rooted curse, which penetrated the body, as the water which one drinks, and as the oil with which one is rubbed: They have swallowed cursing like water; they are penetrated by it, as by the oil wherewith they have been anointe... [ Continue Reading ]
LET THIS BE THE REWARD, &C.— _This shall,_ or _will be the reward,_ &c. Thus David, in prophesy, foresees that the curses vented by his enemies against himself, would reverberate upon their own heads. See the note on Psalms 109:6. There are some, however, who would render the words: _This is the beh... [ Continue Reading ]
I AM TOSSED UP AND DOWN AS THE LOCUST— _I am driven away,_ or _shaken off like the locust._ Green and Mudge. Dr. Shaw, speaking of the large and numerous swarms of locusts in Barbary, says, "When the wind blew briskly, so that these swarms were crowded by others, or thrown one upon another, we had a... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SHALL STAND AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE POOR— That is, _to defend,_ and _plead for him._ As the accuser stood at the right hand, Psalms 109:6 so shall God also stand there, as this poor and distressed man's advocate, to maintain him against the injurious charge brought against him. The word _condemn... [ Continue Reading ]