Verse 8
Let destruction come upon him at unawares ,.... Or a "storm" F18 שואה "tumultuosa calamitas", Cocceius; so Ainsworth; "tumultus", Vatablus. , such as is caused in the eastern countries by a south wind, very sudden, violent, and destructive F19 See Thevenot, Tavernier, &c.; : the singular number being here used, some Jewish commentators, as Kimchi, have thought Saul is particularly meant; and some Christian interpreters have been of opinion that Judas is intended: the imprecations here may be compared with those which respect him, Psalm 109:6 . Though this may regard every one of the enemies of David, or of Christ and his people, whose ruin and destruction will come upon them unawares; see 1 Thessalonians 5:3 ;
and let his net that he hath laid catch himself ; a figurative expression, agreeable to the allusion before made, and which is explained in the next clause;
into that very destruction let him fall , which he had designed and contrived for others; so Haman was hanged on the same gallows he had prepared for Mordecai; and so it often is in the course of Providence, that the wicked fall into the same calamity they have intended and endeavoured to bring others into; see Psalm 7:15 .
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