Psalms 109:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. ”

Psalms 109:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name’s sake - That is, Interpose for me; exert thy power in my behalf. The phrase “for thy name’s sake” implies that the motive which prompted him was...
Psalms 109:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy (l) name's sake: because thy mercy [is] good, deliver thou me. (l) As you are named merciful, gracious and long suffering, so show yourself in effect.
Psalms 109:21 - 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 109:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

GOD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. the Lord. Hebrew Adonai. App-4. name's. See note on Psalms 20:1 .
Psalms 109:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

21 And thou, O Jehovah my Lord! From the pouring out of complaints and imprecations against his enemies, the Psalmist passes to prayers; or rather, after having betaken himself to God as his...
Psalms 109:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. But do thou for me - While they use horrible imprecations against me, and load me with their cur...
Psalms 109:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name's sake. Supply to 'do thou for thy name's...
Psalms 109:21 - 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 109:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Do thou for me. — It is almost impossible in English to retain the emphasis of this appeal, made still more emphatic by the sudden change from imprecation on an enemy to prayer for mercy towards se...
Psalms 109:21 - 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 109:21 - 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 109:21 - 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 109:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here we have the blessed Jesus, in his human nature addressing the Father, as in the days of his flesh. How very interesting to his people are those cries! How impossible but to take part in them! an...
Psalms 109:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name's sake ,.... The sense of the petition is, and which is a prayer of Christ as man, that the Lord God would take his part, be on his side, be present...
Psalms 109:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy [is] good, deliver thou me. Ver. 21. But do thou for me ] Fac mecum, sis mihi a latere, stick to me, act on my behalf,...
Psalms 109:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But do thou for me, O God Namely, what I desire, which he expresses in the next clause, saying, Deliver thou me Or, he means, Do thou act for me; be not silent or still, but stir up thyself to...
Psalms 109:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Humble Petitions; Triumphing in God. 21 But do thou for me, O G OD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy i...
Psalms 109:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Do thou for me, to wit, what I desire, which he expressing the next clause. Or, do thou act for me ; be not or still, but stir up thyself to work on my behalf. For my name's sake; for the glory...
Psalms 109:21 - 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 109:21 - 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 109:21 - 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 109:21 - 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 109:21 - 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 109:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 17:1 ; Philippians 2:8-11 ; Psalms 143:11 ; Psalms 143:12 ; Psalms 25:11 ; Psalms 31:3 ; Psalms 36:7-9 ; Psalms 63:3 ; Psalms 69:29 ; Psalms 79:10 ; Psalms 79:9 ; Psalms 86:15 ; Psa...
Psalms 109:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Is good — Above the mercy of all the creatures.

Psalms 109:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 109:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 109:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 109:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 109:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 109:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 109:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 109:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 109:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 109:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 109:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 109:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 109:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 109:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 109:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 109:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 109:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 109:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 109:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 109:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 109:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 109:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 109:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 109:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 109:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes