Psalms 109:8

Office. — See Note, Psalms 109:6. Evidently some post of power and influence.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let his days be few - Let him be soon cut off; let his life be shortened. It cannot be wrong for an officer of justice to aim at this; to desire...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Let his days be few; [and] let another take his (e) office. (e) This was chiefly accomplished in Judas, ( Acts 1:20 ).
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: P...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

let another, &c. Quoted, but not fulfilled in Acts 1:20 . office . overseership.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8 Let his days be few Although this world is the scene of much toil and trouble, yet we know that these are pledges and proofs of God’s lovi...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Let another take his office - The original is פקדתו pekuddatho, which the margin translates c...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Let his days be few - even as he plotted to shorten my days; literally, 'be fewnesses.'...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Let another take his office ] cp. the reference to Judas Iscariot ( Acts 1:20 ). Hence this was known to the early Fathers as 'Psalmus Iscarioticus....
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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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, remem...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

As the authority we have for applying all that is here said in a way of denunciation, to the person of Judas, is derived particularly from the apostl...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

RESPONSIBILITY OF OFFICE ‘Let another take his office.’ Psalms 109:8 It is not too much to say that, save in the Athanasian Creed itself, nowh...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let his days be few ,.... The days of men in common are but few at most: length of days, either beyond or according to the usual term of life, is re...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let his days be few; [and] let another take his office. Ver. 8. Let his days be few ] Let his execution be hastened, as Haman's was. Ahithophel an...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let his days be few The days of his life. Let him die an untimely death. So did Ahithophel, and so did Judas; both hanging themselves. And let ano...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prophetic Imprecations. 6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Sat...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Let his days be few; the days of his life. Let him die an untimely death. His office, made void by his death. He also implies that his enemy was...
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,...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 109:8 As often as we keep St. Matthias' Day, we keep the memorial of the sin and misery of the traitor Judas also; and our thoughts are car...
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 adver...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

Let his days be few; and let another take his office. The outcast’s place filled (for St. Matthias’ Day):--The words in themselves sound simple...
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...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Let his days be few, his life coming to an end before the time normally set for its length; and let another take his office, this statement being d...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 1:16-26 ; Matthew 27:5 ; Psalms 55:23

⁸ Let his days be few; and let another take his office.d

Related Commentaries of Psalms 109:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 109:8