burning coals. Put by Figure of speech Metony. y (of Adjunct), App-6, for cruel words and hard speeches which wound the heart as fire wounds the body. Compare Proverbs 16:27; Proverbs 26:23.
that they, &c.. let them not, &c.
Related Commentaries of Psalms 140:10
Psalms 140:10
10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.