Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?
Prayer for God's interposition, grounded on the enemy's wickedness (Psalms 109:1-5); let condemnation fall on him (Satan being his accuser) as to his days and his children (Psalms 109:6-10); let evil fall on him property through the extortioner and the stranger, and his memory be cut off from the earth (Psalms 109:11-15); and this became of God's justice, which pays like with like, cursing and mercilessness to him who loved both (Psalms 109:16-20); deliver the needy, seeing that his need is so great (Psalms 109:21-25); believing anticipation of, and praise for, deliverance (Psalms 109:26-31). David first, then all the Israel of God when persecuted and falsely accused by Satan, is meant by the ideal person in the psalm-righteous himself, but condemned by an unrighteous judgment to death (Psalms 109:16; Psalms 109:20; Psalms 109:31). Compare the parallel, Zechariah 3:1-7. Ultimately Messiah is meant, in whom David's line culminated (cf. Psalms 109:31 with Psalms 110:1; Psalms 110:5). Acts 1:20 quotes Psalms 109:8 of Judas, Messiah's betrayer. Psalms 108:1-13; Psalms 109:1-31; Psalms 110:1-7 form a trilogy. In Psalms 109:1-31 Yahweh's Anointed anticipates His enemy's condemnation and His own deliverance. In Psalms 110:1-7 Messiah's divine and Kingly glory is set forth after His deliverance. Compare Psalms 69:1-36; Psalms 70:1-5; Psalms 71:1-24. The imprecations are such as faith in the avenging justice of God, and a lively anticipation of its execution, suggest. None uttered more terrible woes than the loving Son of David (Matthew 23:13-35; Matthew 23:37), just before His tender appeal to Jerusalem. So His woe on Judas, the antitype to the adversary (cf. Psalms 109:8 with Acts 1:20).
Title. - A Psalm of David. The genuineness of this title is shown by the corresponding title of the two psalms between which our psalm stands, and with which it is connected. The brevity of the first verse would be without a parallel if the title were set aside.