The Bible: Psalms Chapter 109: with Audio and Commentary.

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Psalms Chapter 109 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

1 God of my praise, don't remain silent,

2 for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

4 In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.

5 They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

6 Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.

7 When he is judged, let him come out guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.

8 Let his days be few. Let another take his office.

9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

10 Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.

11 Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labour.

12 Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children.

13 Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.

14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the LORD. Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off their memory from the earth;

16 because he didn't remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.

17 Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him.

18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.

19 Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.

20 This is the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my soul.

21 But deal with me, GOD the Lord, for your name's sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;

22 for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.

23 I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.

24 My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.

25 I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.

26 Help me, LORD, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness;

27 that they may know that this is your hand; that you, LORD, have done it.

28 They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.

29 Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonour. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

30 I will give great thanks to the LORD with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him amongst the multitude.

31 For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.

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Verse 21 (Lord)
The word translated "Lord" is "Adonai."

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Psalms Chapter 109 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Guide

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 the imprecations (vv. Psalms 109:6-19) contains the singer's quotation of what his enemies say about him, rather than what he says about them. In a translation published by the Jewish Publication Society of America, that fact is clearly shown. They render verses Psalms 109:5 and Psalms 109:20 thus:

"They repay me evil for good, And hatred for my love (saying) ..."

"This it is which mine enemies seek to obtain of the Lord, And those that speak evil against my life."

This is extremely probable in view of the fact that the opening complaint is, "The mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me." The singer complains, "For my love they are my adversaries" (which the translation already referred to gives as, "In return for my love they persecute me.")

Taking this view of the psalm it is a sob, which is also a song. The circumstances are terrible. Perhaps there is nothing harder to bear than accusations which are untrue, and these were terrible things which they said, and horrible things they desired for him. But the heart pours out its complaint to God, and ends with a note of praise.

From "An Exposition of the Whole Bible" by G. Campbell Morgan.

Psalms Chapter 109 Commentary

Chapter Outline

  1. David complains of his enemies. -- (1-5)
  2. He prophesies their destruction. -- (6-20)
  3. Prayers and praises. -- (21-31)

Verses 1-5

It is the unspeakable comfort of all believers, that whoever is against them, God is for them; and to him they may apply as to one pleased to concern himself for them. David's enemies laughed at him for his devotion, but they could not laugh him out of it.

Verses 6-20

The Lord Jesus may speak here as a Judge, denouncing sentence on some of his enemies, to warn others. When men reject the salvation of Christ, even their prayers are numbered among their sins. See what hurries some to shameful deaths, and brings the families and estates of others to ruin; makes them and theirs despicable and hateful, and brings poverty, shame, and misery upon their posterity: it is sin, that mischievous, destructive thing. And what will be the effect of the sentence, "Go, ye cursed," upon the bodies and souls of the wicked! How it will affect the senses of the body, and the powers of the soul, with pain, anguish, horror, and despair! Think on these things, sinners, tremble and repent.

Verses 21-31

The psalmist takes God's comforts to himself, but in a very humble manner. He was troubled in mind. His body was wasted, and almost worn away. But it is better to have leanness in the body, while the soul prospers and is in health, than to have leanness in the soul, while the body is feasted. He was ridiculed and reproached by his enemies. But if God bless us, we need not care who curses us; for how can they curse whom God has not cursed; nay, whom he has blessed? He pleads God's glory, and the honour of his name. Save me, not according to my merit, for I pretend to none, but according to thy-mercy. He concludes with the joy of faith, in assurance that his present conflicts would end in triumphs. Let all that suffer according to the will of God, commit the keeping of their souls to him. Jesus, unjustly put to death, and now risen again, is an Advocate and Intercessor for his people, ever ready to appear on their behalf against a corrupt world, and the great accuser.

From the "Concise Commentary on the Bible" by Matthew Henry.