Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
Ver. 19. Surely thou wilt slay the wicked] Those that traduce and slander me for a hypocrite and a Belialist. Some render it, Oh that thou wouldest slay them! inasmuch as they hate me for my zeal, and forwardness to turn the wheel of justice over them, and to give them their due and condign punishment; for, for mine own part, I cannot abide them, but bid tbem avaunt, with
Depart from me therefore, ye bloody men] Ye that dare to destroy so goodly a piece of God's handiwork as man is above described to be. See Genesis 9:6. Or, ye that seek to double, undo me; first by detraction and then by deadly practice. See Ezekiel 22:9, "In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood."