Psalms 109:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul. ”

Psalms 109:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor - He will thus show that he befriends the poor and the helpless. To save him from those that condemn his soul - - Margin, “from the judges of...
Psalms 109:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save [him] from those that (r) condemn his soul. (r) By this he shows that he had nothing to do with them who were of little power, but with the...
Psalms 109:31 - 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 109:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

He shall stand, &c. Contrast this with Psalms 109:6 . poor . needy. Not the same word as in Psalms 109:16 . condemn his soul. Compare the Structure, Psalms 109:20 , with Psalms 109:31...
Psalms 109:31 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Moreover, he also subjoins the form in which he rendered thanks; namely, that God stood at the right hand of the poor By this language he intimates, that when God had apparently forsaken and...
Psalms 109:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul. He shall stand at the right hand of the poor - Even if Satan himself be the accuser, God will vindica...
Psalms 109:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He shall stand at the right hand of the poor— That is, to defend, and plead for him. As the accuser stood at the right hand, Psalms 109:6 so shall God also stand there, as this poor and distr...
Psalms 109:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul. For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul....
Psalms 109:31 - 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 109:31 - 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 109:31 - 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 109:31 - 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 109:31 - 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 109:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Concerning Christ, we know, that it was prophesied of him, that he had set the Lord always before him, for he was at his right hand, that he should not be moved, Psalms 16:8 . And of him, and him on...
Psalms 109:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor ,.... Of the Messiah, as in Psalms 109:22 at whose right hand the Lord was, to guide and direct, help and assist, protect and defend, Psalms 16:8...
Psalms 109:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save [him] from those that condemn his soul. Ver. 31. For he shall stand at the right hand ] As a faithful and powerful (παραστατης or υπεραπ...
Psalms 109:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will greatly praise the Lord For that deliverance which I confidently expect; with my mouth Not only with my heart, in secret, but with my mouth, openly; and among the multitude Or, among th...
Psalms 109:31 - 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 109:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

At the right hand of the poor, to defend him from his adversary, who stood in that place to accuse him, and to procure his condemnation and destruction. See Poole on " Psalms 109:6 " . That conde...
Psalms 109:31 - 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 109:31 - 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 109:31 - 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 109:31 - 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 109:31 - 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 109:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 4:10-12 ; Ecclesiastes 5:8 ; Exodus 22:22-24 ; Isaiah 54:17 ; Proverbs 22:22 ; Proverbs 22:23 ; Psalms 10:14 ; Psalms 110:5 ; Psalms 121:5 ; Psalms 16:8 ; Psalms 5:30 ; Psalms 5:31 ;...

Psalms 109:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 109:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 109:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 109:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 109:31 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 109:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 109:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 109:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 109:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 109:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 109:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 109:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 109:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 109:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 109:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 109:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 109:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 109:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 109:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 109:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 109:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 109:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 109:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 109:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 109:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge