God — The author and matter of all my praises.
Hold not thy peace - That is, Speak for my defense - as if God had looked with unconcern on the wrongs which were done to him. See the notes at...
"To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David." Hold not thy peace, O God of my (a) praise; (a) Though all the world condemn me, yet you will approve my...
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...
Title.. Psalm. Hebrew. mizmor. App-65. of David. See note on Psalms 108:1 (Title). God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. of. Genitive of Relat...
1 O God of my praise! be not silent In these words, which may be considered as an introduction to the psalm, David declares that he neither...
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; Hold not thy peace - Be not silent; arise and defend my cause.
David complaining of his slanderous enemies, under the person of Judas, devoteth them: he sheweth their sin: complaining of his own misery, he prayt...
Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise - (cf. Psalms 109:30 .) Thou hast heretofore given me continu...
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...
God of my praise. — That is, God to whom as covenant God it was a privilege to make tehillah. (See Deuteronomy 10:20-21 , where Jehovah is said...
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...
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...
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...
CONTENTS The greater part of this Psalm is written in a way of prayer; and some portions of it in a way of prophecy: It forms a very important subje...
Hold not thy peace ,.... Or be not as a deaf or dumb man, or like one that turns a deaf ear and will give no answer; so the Lord seems to his people...
Psalms 109:1 «To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. » Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; A Psalm of David ] Written by him, usque adeo...
Hold not thy peace Do not neglect me, but take notice of my extreme danger and misery, and let my sentence come forth from thy presence, Psalms 17...
Appeal to God Against Enemies. To the chief Musician. A psalm of David....
PSALM 109 THE ARGUMENT It is sufficiently evident from the body of this Psalm, that it was composed by David when he was in a state of persecution,...
INTRODUCTION “This,” says Perowne, “is the last of the Psalms of imprecation, and completes the terrible climax. In the awfulness of its anathemas,...
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...
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...
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...
Hold not Thy peace, as if God's silence were an indication of His indifference, O God of my praise, the object of his praise, of whose help he was...
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...
Deuteronomy 10:21 ; Exodus 15:2 ; Isaiah 42:14 ; Jeremiah 17:14 ; Psalms 28:1 ; Psalms 35:22 ; Psalms 35:23 ; Psalms 83:1 ; Psalms 118:28
1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;