Psalms 109:28 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. ”

Psalms 109:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let them curse, but bless thou - See Psalms 109:17 . Let them continue to curse me, provided thou wilt bless me. I am willing to bear all these reproaches, if I may have thy favor. That favor I...
Psalms 109:28 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Let them (p) curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. (p) They will gain nothing by cursing me.
Psalms 109:28 - 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 109:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Let them curse. As in verses: Psalms 109:6-15 let Thy servant rejoice . Thy servant shall rejoice.
Psalms 109:28 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

28. They shall curse. Interpreters are divided in their opinions about the meaning of these words. One class would render them as expressive of a desire or wish: Let them curse, provided t...
Psalms 109:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. Let them curse, but bless thou - See on Psalms 109:20 (note): Of the mode of interpretation recomm...
Psalms 109:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. When they arise - namely, against me ( Psalms 27:12 ; Psalms 54:3 .) Let them be ashamed...
Psalms 109:28 - 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 109:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(28-31) It is impossible not to notice the anti-climax in these verses, if they are spoken by the same person as Psalms 109:16-20 , and directed against the same enemies, of whom the one there singl...
Psalms 109:28 - 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 109:28 - 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 109:28 - 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 109:28 - 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 109:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let them curse, but bless thou ,.... Let them curse me, as Shimei did David, the type of Christ; let them curse themselves, as they did; or my people: or "let them be cursed", as the Syriac version;...
Psalms 109:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. Ver. 28. Let them curse, but bless thou ] Yea, the rather, as 2 Samuel 16:12 ; and I wot well th...
Psalms 109:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Help me, O Lord my God But my hope is, that thou, my God, wilt seasonably interpose for my relief, and save me Out of my troubles; according to thy mercy That tender mercy which is wont to exte...
Psalms 109:28 - 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 109:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Let them curse; I can patiently bear their curses, as being causeless, and fully compensated by thy blessing. Or, they do and will curse , I expect nothing else from them. Arise, i.e. bestir the...
Psalms 109:28 - 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 109:28 - 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 109:28 - 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 109:28 - 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 109:28 - 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 109:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 16:10-13 ; Hebrews 12:2 ; Isaiah 65:13-16 ; John 16:22 ; Numbers 22:12 ; Numbers 23:20 ; Numbers 23:23 ; Psalms 109:17

Psalms 109:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 109:28 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 109:28 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 109:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 109:28 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 109:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 109:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 109:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 109:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 109:28 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 109:28 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 109:28 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 109:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 109:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 109:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 109:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 109:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 109:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 109:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 109:28 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 109:28 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 109:28 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 109:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 109:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge