Psalm 109:1-4

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 109:1-5

It is the unspeakable comfort of all good people that, whoever is against them, God is for them, and to him they may apply as to one that is pleased to concern himself for them. Thus David here. I. He refers himself to God's judgment (Ps. 109:1): ?Hold not thy peace, but let my sentence come forth from thy presence, Ps. 17:2. Delay not to give judgment upon the appeal made to thee.? God saw what his enemies did against him, but seemed to connive at it, and to keep silence: ?Lord,? says he, ?do... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 109:1

Hold not thy peace ,.... Or be not as a deaf or dumb man, or like one that turns a deaf ear and will give no answer; so the Lord seems to his people when he does not give an immediate answer to their prayers, and does not arise to help them; he seems to have forsaken them, and to stand at a distance from them; nor does he avenge them of their enemies; it is the Messiah, as man, that puts up this petition, and it agrees with Psalm 22:2 . O God of my praise ; worthy of all praise,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 109:2

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me ,.... Or "of deceit" F24 פי מרמה "os doli", Vatablus, Cocceius; "os fraudis", Gejerus, Michaelis; so Ainsworth. itself; most wicked and very deceitful men, who sometimes flattered and pretended friendship, as the Jews did to Christ, when they designed ill against him; though at other times their mouths were opened, and they poured out their calumnies and reproaches very freely and largely; traducing... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 109:3

They compassed me about also with words of hatred ,.... They surrounded him as he hung on the cross, and expressed their malice and hatred against him; then was he enclosed with these spiteful snarling dogs, and encompassed by them as with so many bees, who everyone left their sting in him, Psalm 22:16 . And fought against me without a cause : they were of an hostile spirit, enemies and enmity itself against him; fought against him both with words and blows, with their tongues and with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 109:4

For my love they are my adversaries ,.... For the love that Christ showed to the Jews; to their bodies, in going about and healing all manner of diseases among them; to their souls, in preaching, the Gospel to them in each of their cities; and for the love he showed to mankind in coming into the world to save them, which should have commanded love again; but instead of this they became his implacable adversaries: they acted the part of Satan; they were as so many Satans to him, as the word... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 109:1

Hold not thy peace - Be not silent; arise and defend my cause. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 109:2

The mouth of the wicked and - the deceitful are opened against me - Many persons are continually uttering calumnies against me. Thou knowest my heart and its innocence; vindicate my uprightness against these calumniators. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 109:4

For my love they are my adversaries - In their behalf I have performed many acts of kindness, and they are my adversaries notwithstanding; this shows principles the most vicious, and hearts the most corrupt. Many of the fathers and commentators have understood the principal part of the things spoken here as referring to our Lord, and the treatment he received from the Jews; and whatever the original intention was, they may safely be applied to this case, as the Psalm 109:2 , Psalm 109:3 ... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 1 1O God of my praise! be not silent In these words, which may be considered as an introduction to the psalm, David declares that he neither could find nor would desire any other than God to stand forward in vindication of the integrity of his heart. For in denominating him the God of his praise, he intrusts to him the vindication of his innocence, in the face of the calumnies by which he was all but universally assailed. Some are of opinion that this clause is to be understood as... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 109:2

Verse 2 2Because the mouth of the wicked David here very plainly declares, that he was the more solicitous to obtain help from God, in consequence of justice not being found among men. And though it is probable that he was rashly and furiously assailed, nevertheless, he complains that the mouth of deceit and fraud had been opened against him, and that he was surrounded with false tongues. Whence, to those who were ignorant of his real situation, there would appear to be some plausible pretext... read more

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