Psalms 109:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. ”

Psalms 109:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They compassed me about also with words of hatred - They attacked me on every side; they assailed me, not merely in one form and direction, but in every form, and in every direction. I could turn...
Psalms 109:3 - 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 109:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

words of hatred. Written down in verses: Psalms 109:6-15 . Compare 2 Samuel 16:5-13 for the type. without. cause. Compare John 15:25 .
Psalms 109:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3 And they have encompassed me He complains, that from all quarters he was assailed with the most hostile and abusive epithets, and that, too, most undeservedly. And, under a beautiful simil...
Psalms 109:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
Psalms 109:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. They compassed me about also with words of hatred - with malicious charges. And fought against me...
Psalms 109:3 - 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 109:3 - 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 109:3 - 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 109:3 - 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 109:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If, while we read these words, we call to our recollection Psalms 22:1 and Psalms 69:1 , we shall perceive an obvious correspondence. John the Evangelist tells us, that the Jews charged Christ wit...
Psalms 109:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They compassed me about also with words of hatred ,.... They surrounded him as he hung on the cross, and expressed their malice and hatred against him; then was he enclosed with these spiteful snarl...
Psalms 109:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. Ver. 3. They compassed me about also, &c. ] So that I could not find out any way to clear myself, thou...
Psalms 109:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The mouth of the wicked, and the mouth of the deceitful Of those who add hypocrisy and perfidiousness to their malice; are opened against me They speak against me freely, boldly, and publicly, wi...
Psalms 109:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Appeal to God Against Enemies. To the chief Musician. A psalm of David. 1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; ...
Psalms 109:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Words of hatred; which, though covered with specious pretences, proceeded from deep malice and hatred, and were designed to work my destruction. Without a cause; without any just provocation give...
Psalms 109:3 - 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 109:3 - 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 109:3 - 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 109:3 - 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 109:3 - 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 109:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 19:4 ; 1 Samuel 19:5 ; 1 Samuel 26:18 ; 2 Samuel 15:12 ; 2 Samuel 16:7 ; 2 Samuel 16:8 ; Hosea 11:12 ; John 15:24 ; John 15:25 ; Psalms 17:11 ; Psalms 22:12 ; Psalms 35:20 ; Psa...

Psalms 109:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 109:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 109:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 109:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 109:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 109:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 109:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 109:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 109:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 109:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 109:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 109:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 109:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 109:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 109:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 109:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 109:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 109:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 109:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 109:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 109:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 109:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge