Psalms 109:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. ”

Psalms 109:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let the extortioner catch all that he hath - literally, “Let the extortioner cast a snare over all that he hath;” that is, let him seize all his property. The word rendered “catch” - נקשׁ nâq...
Psalms 109:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Let (f) the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. (f) He declares that the curse of God lies on the extortioners, who thinking to enrich their children by their...
Psalms 109:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 109:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

catch . lay. snare for. Compare 1 Samuel 28:9 .
Psalms 109:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. Let the strangers spoil his labor - Many of these execrations were literally fulfilled in the case of the miserable...
Psalms 109:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Let the extortioner catch— Or, Let the usurer extort.
Psalms 109:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. -God's visitation on the wicked man's property ( Psalms 109:11-12 ); on his name and memorial ( Psalms 109:1...
Psalms 109:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 109:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Let the extortioner. — Better, let the usurer lay traps to catch all that he hath. So Timon: “Let prisons swallow them, Debts wither them to nothing.”
Psalms 109:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Psalms 109:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Psalms 109:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 109:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

All these awful predictions, let the Reader remember, are spoken of a particular person, and that person, we have seen, is Judas. But that the Judas's of every age and generation are equally implicat...
Psalms 109:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let the extortioner catch all that he hath ,.... Or, "lay a snare for all" c; as the Romans did, by bringing in their army, invading the land of Judea, and besieging the city of Jerusalem; who are "...
Psalms 109:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. Ver. 11. Let the extortioner catch all that he hath ] As it were in nets and snares, that is, in bonds, debts, m...
Psalms 109:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let the extortioner catch , &c. Hebrew, ינקשׁ נשׁה, jenakkesh nosheh, the creditor , or usurer, shall insnare all that he hath: that is, take it away, not only by oppression and violence, but...
Psalms 109:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prophetic Imprecations. 6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. 7 When he shall be j...
Psalms 109:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Extortioner; or, usurer , or creditor . Catch , Heb. insnare , which is an emphatical expression, i.e. take away not only by oppression and violence, but also by cheats and cunning artifices, w...
Psalms 109:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 109:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 109:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Psalms 109:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Psalms 109:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Lament of the Righteous Against Traitors and Enemies. To the chief musician, for use in the liturgical part of worship, a psalm of David, in which he indeed may have reference to conditions of his...
Psalms 109:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 18:9-19 ; Job 20:18 ; Job 5:5 ; Judges 6:3-6
Psalms 109:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Catch — Heb. ensnare, take away not only by oppression but also by cunning artificers. Stranger — Who hath no right to his goods.

Psalms 109:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 109:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 109:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 109:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 109:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 109:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 109:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 109:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 109:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 109:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 109:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 109:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 109:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 109:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 109:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 109:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 109:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 109:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 109:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 109:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 109:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 109:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 109:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 109:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 109:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes