Psalms 109:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. ”

Psalms 109:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As he loved cursing ... - As he loved to curse others; as he seemed to have a pleasure alike in the act of cursing and in the feeling which prompts to cursing, let him see what it is; let it come...
Psalms 109:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

As he loved cursing, (i) so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. (i) Thus the Lord gives to every man the thing in which he delights so that the reprobat...
Psalms 109:17 - 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 109:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

17 As he loved cursing David still continues to enumerate the sins of his adversaries, and is thus severe in his treatment of them, in order to render it more apparent, that he is strictly c...
Psalms 109:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him - The Jews said, when crucifying our Lord, His b...
Psalms 109:17 - 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 109:17 - 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 109:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Let. — The optatives in the English are wrong. These verses express facts, and the imprecation follows in Psalms 109:19 . Render — He loved cursing; and it comes; He delighted not in blessing; a...
Psalms 109:17 - 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 109:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Deliverer of the Needy Psalms 109:17-31 This psalm emphasizes the difference, indicated by our Lord, between His teaching and that addressed to “them of old time,” especially on the point o...
Psalms 109:17 - 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 109:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The continuation of the awful consequences of the rejection of Christ, by Judas and his family, is here set forth; and the passage closeth with an assurance that it shall be so. And here I must again...
Psalms 109:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him ,.... Judas loved that which brought a curse upon him, sin; and so he may be said to love the curse; just as sinners are said to love death, Proverbs 8:...
Psalms 109:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. Ver. 17. As he loved cursing, &c. ] "The backslidcr in heart shall be filled with his...
Psalms 109:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

As he loved cursing To curse others, as appears from the blessing here opposed to it, and from the next verse; to wish and to procure mischief to others; so let it come unto him Hebrew, תבואהו,...
Psalms 109:17 - 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 109:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Cursing; either, 1. Cursed or sinful courses. Or rather, 2. To curse others, as appears from the blessing here opposed to it, and from the next verse; to wish and to procure to others, and espe...
Psalms 109:17 - 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 109:17 - 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 109:17 - 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 109:17 - 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 109:17 - 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 109:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Thessalonians 2:10 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:11 ; Ezekiel 35:6 ; Matthew 7:2 ; Proverbs 14:14 ; Psalms 52:4 ; Psalms 52:5 ; Psalms 59:12 ; Psalms 59:13 ; Revelation 16:6
Psalms 109:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Delighted not — In desiring and promoting the welfare of others.

Psalms 109:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 109:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 109:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 109:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 109:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 109:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 109:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 109:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 109:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 109:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 109:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 109:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 109:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 109:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 109:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 109:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 109:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 109:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 109:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 109:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 109:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 109:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 109:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 109:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes