Psalms 89:51

Footsteps... — Every step taken by Israel was the subject of reproach. Rabbinical writers connect the verse with the delay of the Messiah, since it brings reproach on those who wait for him in vain.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord - Have reproached thee and me. Wherewith they reproach thy character and cause, and reproach me f...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Wherewith (k) thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the (l) footsteps of thine anointed. (k) So he calls them who pe...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

We have here another national and historical Ps., written when the Jewish kingdom and its king had fallen very low before their enemies, contrasting...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wherewith thine enemies have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed Or, of the Messiah. By whom he seems to understand, either, 1st, The kings...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Complaints and Expostulations; David's Expostulation with God. 38 But...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Or, of thy Messiah ; by whom he seems to understand either, first, the kings of Judah, the singular number being put for the plural; and by their f...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Lament and Comfort
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wherewith Thine enemies have reproached, O Lord, trying to heap disgrace upon Him, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of Thine Anointed,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Anointed — By whom he seems to understand either first the kings of Judah, the singular number being put for the plural; and by their footsteps may...

⁵¹ Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 89:51

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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

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

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

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 89:51