Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
Here begins the third strophe: prayer founded on the representations just made (Psalms 35:19-28).
Let not them ... wrongfully - or 'falsely,' with lying accusations.
Neither let them wink ... hate me without a cause - let them not evince their joy at my hurt by winking at one another with the eye. It is striking that the same Greek word х doorean (G1432)] is used in John 15:25 ("they hated me without a cause") of men's hatred of Christ, as is used in Romans 3:24 of His free love to them ("being justified freely by His grace"). As gratuitous as was their hatred, so gratuitous was His love. He had given men every cause to love, yet they hated Him. They had given Him every cause to hate, yet He loved them.