Psalm 109:7 NIV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 109:7

When he shall be judged ... - When for his offences he shall be arraigned. The psalmist supposes that he “might” be put on trial; he seems to suppose that this “would be.” Such wickedness could not always escape detection, and sooner or later he would be arrested and brought to trial. “When” this should occur, the psalmist prays that justice might be done; that he might be condemned, as he “ought” to be. Such a prayer could not in itself be wrong, for assuredly it cannot be proper for... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 109:6-7

Psalms 109:6-7. Set thou a wicked man over him Either over all his enemies, speaking of them collectively, or over some one particular enemy, who was worse than any of the rest, more implacable and inexcusable, whom he did not think proper to name. Set a wicked man over him to be as cruel and oppressive to him as he hath been to others; for God often makes one wicked man a scourge to another. Hebrew, רשׁע , the wicked, or the wicked one; namely, Satan, who is mentioned in the next... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 109:1-31

Psalms 109:0 Those who afflict othersDavid complains to God about the unjust attacks of his opponents and the false accusations they bring against him (1-3). He has no desire for personal revenge; rather he has shown love for his enemies and has prayed for them (4-5).Nevertheless, in the prayer that follows, David uses strong language as he pleads for justice to be done. With the cruelty of his enemies increasing, he hands the case over to God, the righteous judge, who will repay the wicked for... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 109:7

sin. Hebrew. chata. App-44 . read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 109:7

7. The condemnation is aggravated when prayer for relief is treated as a sin. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 109:1-31

Psalms 109This individual lament is one of the imprecatory psalms in which the writer called on God to avenge his enemies (cf. Psalms 3:7; Psalms 5:10; Psalms 6:10; Psalms 7:14-16; Psalms 28:4-5; Psalms 31:17-18; Psalms 37:2; Psalms 37:9-10; Psalms 37:15; Psalms 37:20; Psalms 37:35-36; Psalms 40:14-15; Psalms 54:5; Psalms 55:9; Psalms 55:15; Psalms 55:23; Psalms 59:12-13; Psalms 63:9-11; Psalms 64:7-9; Psalms 71:13; Psalms 79:6; Psalms 79:12; Psalms 139:19-22; Psalms 140:9-10). [Note: See Day,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 109:6-15

The psalmist prayed that God would do several specific things to avenge him. He asked God to return what his enemy was doing to him back on himself. He wanted a wicked man to oppose and accuse him. He wanted God to judge his enemy guilty and put him to death. He also asked that God punish his wife and children for his wickedness. In the future he hoped no one would remember him and that he would have no descendants. Having one’s family name terminated was considered to be a great tragedy in the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 109:6-20

2. Imprecations on foes 109:6-20 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 109:1-31

The strongest of the imprecatory Pss. (see Intro.). Probably it is just to regard the Psalmist as speaking in the name of the whole nation, vexed and harried by foreign enemies, e.g. Antiochus Epiphanes. The theory that the Psalmist recounts the curses used against him by his enemies is untenable. Calvin notes the awful use of this Ps. by certain monks, who hired themselves out to recite it against private enemies.6. Satan] RV ’an adversary.’ The word has both meanings in Hebrew. Satan was the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 109:7

(7) When he shall be judged.—Literally, in his being judged. (See margin.) The meaning is, “may he go out of court a condemned man.”Let his prayer become sin.—If this clause stood by itself, the most natural way would be to give “prayer” and “sin” their usual sense, and see in it the horrible hope that the man’s prayer to God for mercy would be reckoned as “sin.” That such was the result of the performance of religious rites by a wicked man was, it is true, a thought familiar to the Hebrew.... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 109:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 109:6-7

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 109:1-31

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 109:7

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 109:7

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 109:1-31

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 109:6-15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 109:6-20

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 109:1-31

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 109:7

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