Psalms 109:16

That he might even slay the broken in heart— And broken in heart, to slay him.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 109:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Because that he remembered not to show mercy - He had no compassion; he was severe, harsh, unjust, unfeeling. But persecuted the poor and need...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Because that (h) he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. (h) He shows t...
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

Psalms 109:16 is. return to the subject of verses: Psalms 109:1-5 , and by the same speaker of verses: Psalms 109:1-5 . the poor . an oppressed...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. Because he forgot to show mercy The prophet comes now to show that he had good reason for desiring such awful and direful calamities to...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. Persecuted the poor...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Poor. — The Hebrew word thus rendered, viz., ‘ anî, has suggested a reference to the murder of the high priest Onias (2Ma. 4:34-36).
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

How beautiful, by way of further illustration, doth this verse here come in! Judas's crime, and that of the whole Jewish nation with him, was the rej...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Because that he remembered not to show mercy ,.... As Judas did not; neither to the poor, whom he cared not for, John 12:6 nor to Christ, whom he...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. Ver. 16. Because...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Because he remembered not “The crime which brought upon its perpetrators all the above-mentioned judgments and calamities, is here pointed out too...
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

Remembered not his duty to God, and his obligation to me my former kindness, expressed Psalms 109:4,5 . The poor and needy man; myself, who wa...
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

because that he, the chief and representative enemy, remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, one who was already bowed d...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 16:11 ; 2 Samuel 16:12 ; 2 Samuel 17:1 ; 2 Samuel 17:2 ; Genesis 42:21 ; James 2:13 ; Job 19:2 ; Job 19:21 ; Job 19:22 ; Job 19:3...

¹⁶ Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 109:16

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

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

Psalms 109:16