Psalms 109:2 - Exposition

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful ; literally, of deceit—the abstract for the concrete. Are opened against me; literally, hare they opened upon me (Kay, Cheyne, Revised Version). They have spoken against ms with a lying tongue (comp. Psalms 27:12 ; Psalms 35:11 ). Calumny and misrepresentation are ever the portion of the children of God. David was calumniated by Saul ( 1 Samuel 22:7-13 ), by Absalom ( 2 Samuel 15:3 , 2 Samuel 15:4 ), by Shimei ( 2 Samuel 16:8 ), and others. One more perfect than David was even more calumniated ( Matthew 11:19 ; Matthew 12:24 ; Matthew 26:61 ; Luke 23:2 , etc.).