Psalms 109:3

They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 109:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They compassed me about also with words of hatred - They attacked me on every side; they assailed me, not merely in one form and direction, but i...
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

words of hatred. Written down in verses: Psalms 109:6-15 . Compare 2 Samuel 16:5-13 for the type. without. cause. Compare John 15:25 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3 And they have encompassed me He complains, that from all quarters he was assailed with the most hostile and abusive epithets, and that, to...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. They compassed me about also with words of hatred -...
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

They compassed me about also with words of hatred ,.... They surrounded him as he hung on the cross, and expressed their malice and hatred against h...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. Ver. 3. They compassed me about also, &c. ] So that...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The mouth of the wicked, and the mouth of the deceitful Of those who add hypocrisy and perfidiousness to their malice; are opened against me They...
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

Words of hatred; which, though covered with specious pretences, proceeded from deep malice and hatred, and were designed to work my destruction. W...
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

They compassed me about also, coming against him from all sides, with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause, without his having gi...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 19:4 ; 1 Samuel 19:5 ; 1 Samuel 26:18 ; 2 Samuel 15:12 ; 2 Samuel 16:7 ; 2 Samuel 16:8 ; Hosea 11:12 ; John 15:24 ; John 15:25 ; P...

³ They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 109:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary 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

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 109:3