Psalms 109:11

catch. lay. snare for. Compare 1 Samuel 28:9.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 109:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let the extortioner catch all that he hath - literally, “Let the extortioner cast a snare over all that he hath;” that is, let him seize all his...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Let (f) the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. (f) He declares that the curse of God lies on the extortione...
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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. Let the strangers spoil his labor - Many of these execrations wer...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Let the extortioner catch— Or, Let the usurer extort.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. -God's visitation on the wicked man's property ( Psalms 10...
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

Spoil ] better, 'make spoil of.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Let the extortioner. — Better, let the usurer lay traps to catch all that he hath. So Timon: “Let prisons swallow them, Debts wither them to not...
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...
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

All these awful predictions, let the Reader remember, are spoken of a particular person, and that person, we have seen, is Judas. But that the Judas'...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let the extortioner catch all that he hath ,.... Or, "lay a snare for all" c; as the Romans did, by bringing in their army, invading the land of Jud...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. Ver. 11. Let the extortioner catch all that he hath ] As it we...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let the extortioner catch , &c. Hebrew, ינקשׁ נשׁה, jenakkesh nosheh, the creditor , or usurer, shall insnare all that he hath: that is, take...
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

Extortioner; or, usurer , or creditor . Catch , Heb. insnare , which is an emphatical expression, i.e. take away not only by oppression and vio...
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,...
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 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 the extortioner, the heartless creditor, catch all that he hath, as in a net or snare; and let the strangers spoil his labor, making that the...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 18:9-19 ; Job 20:18 ; Job 5:5 ; Judges 6:3-6
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Catch — Heb. ensnare, take away not only by oppression but also by cunning artificers. Stranger — Who hath no right to his goods.

¹¹ Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 109:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

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 109:11