Psalms 109:5

And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Ver. 5. And they have rewarded me] See Psalms 109:4 .

Flectere naturam gratia nulla potest.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 109:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And they have rewarded me evil for good - literally, “They have placed against me.” They have put it in my way; it is what they had to set before...
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

rewarded me . set or put against me. Syriac reads "returned me". Not the same word as in Psalms 109:20 , though the same thing is referred to. ev...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5 But I gave myself to prayer (297) Some are of opinion, that these words refer to David’s pouring out a prayer for his enemies at the very...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love - ( Psalms 35...
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...
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

If, while we read these words, we call to our recollection Psalms 22:1 and Psalms 69:1 , we shall perceive an obvious correspondence. John the Eva...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they have rewarded me evil for good ,.... For the good words and sound doctrine he delivered to them; for the good works and miracles he wrought...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Appeal to God Against Enemies. To the chief Musician. A psalm of David....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
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 Biblical Illustrator

They have rewarded me evil for good. Evil for good Florence , when dominated by the preaching of Savonarola, became transformed; high-born lad...
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

And they have rewarded me evil for good, which he, on his part, showed toward them in all his dealings, and hatred for my love. Having thus set for...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 15:12 ; 2 Samuel 15:31 ; Genesis 44:4 ; John 13:18 ; Luke 22:47 ; Luke 22:48 ; Luke 6:16 ; Mark 14:44 ; Mark 14:45 ; Proverbs 17:1...

⁵ And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 109:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the 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

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

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 Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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