“ Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; ”
Hold not thy peace - That is, Speak for my defense - as if God had looked with unconcern on the wrongs which were done to him. See the notes at Psalms 83:1 . O God of my praise - The God who...
"To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David." Hold not thy peace, O God of my (a) praise; (a) Though all the world condemn me, yet you will approve my innocence and that is sufficient praise to me.
CIX. A Psalm of Cursing. This Ps. is further than anything else in the whole Psalter from the spirit of Christianity. It falls into three parts: Psalms 109:1-5 . The Psalmist's distress in persecu...
Title.. Psalm. Hebrew. mizmor. App-65. of David. See note on Psalms 108:1 (Title). God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. of. Genitive of Relation: i.e. Whom. praise. Compare Deuteronomy 10:21...
1 O 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...
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; Hold not thy peace - Be not silent; arise and defend my cause.
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 c...
Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise - (cf. Psalms 109:30 .) Thou hast heretofore given me continual reason to praise thee; do not now withhold thy...
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 Epipha...
God of my praise. — That is, God to whom as covenant God it was a privilege to make tehillah. (See Deuteronomy 10:20-21 , where Jehovah is said to be “the praise” of those who “swear by His name...
Psalms 109:1-31 THIS is the last and the most terrible of the imprecatory psalms. Its central portion ( Psalms 109:6-20 ) consists of a series of wishes, addressed to God, for the heaping of all m...
the Persecutor of the Needy Psalms 109:1-16 This psalm is like a patch of the Sahara amid a smiling Eden. But, terrible as the words are, remember that they were written by the man who, on two...
This is a psalm full of interest. The singer is in a place of terrible suffering due to the implacable hostility of his foes. The passage containing the imprecations (vv. Psa 109:6-19) contains the s...
CONTENTS The greater part of this Psalm is written in a way of prayer; and some portions of it in a way of prophecy: It forms a very important subject, in which the Church is highly concerned. To t...
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 thei...
Psalms 109:1 «To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. » Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; A Psalm of David ] Written by him, usque adeo terribili et horrifica oratione, saith Beza, in s...
Hold not thy peace Do not neglect me, but take notice of my extreme danger and misery, and let my sentence come forth from thy presence, Psalms 17:2 . Delay not to give judgment upon the appeal ma...
Appeal to God Against Enemies. To the chief Musician. A psalm of David. 1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; ...
PSALM 109 THE ARGUMENT It is sufficiently evident from the body of this Psalm, that it was composed by David when he was in a state of persecution, either by Saul or by Absalom; and that amongst an...
INTRODUCTION “This,” says Perowne, “is the last of the Psalms of imprecation, and completes the terrible climax. In the awfulness of its anathemas, the Psalm surpasses everything of the kind in the...
Psalms 109:6 . Set thou a wicked man over him. This cannot apply to Ahithophel; he was already his own executioner. Let Satan, that is, an adversary, stand at his right hand, to accuse him, as D...
Hold not Thy peace, O God of my praise. A song of imprecation I. The misdeeds of the wicked ( Psalms 109:1-5 ). II. The imprecation of wrath (verses 6-20). III. The cry for mercy ( Psalms...
EXPOSITION THE title of this psalm—"To the chief musician, a psalm of David"—is thought to be not inappropriate. We may have here David's own appeal to God against his persecutors, and especia...
Hold not Thy peace, as if God's silence were an indication of His indifference, O God of my praise, the object of his praise, of whose help he was so sure that he could proclaim His glory even in a...
Deuteronomy 10:21 ; Exodus 15:2 ; Isaiah 42:14 ; Jeremiah 17:14 ; Psalms 28:1 ; Psalms 35:22 ; Psalms 35:23 ; Psalms 83:1 ; Psalms 118:28
God — The author and matter of all my praises.