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NOTES for Psa 109

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1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
27 That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.
28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
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The psalmist is surrounded by enemies who hate him, and his feelings toward them correspond to their own hostility. David's wishes for them are merciless; he clearly has no intention of forgiving them or letting them off, much less of repaying evil with good. Yet David is driven not only by resentment against his enemies or a desire to deal with them, but above all by rejection of the wickedness they commit.

With childlike directness, evil is identified with those who bear it, and one must admit that at first this is unavoidable: a deeper view of human nature does not come at once. It takes time to understand that it is extremely rare for a person to consent to being wholly saturated with evil, and that one who bears evil is often dependent on it in a way resembling addiction to alcohol or drugs.

Nevertheless, in order initially to recoil from evil, one must also recoil from its living bearers, whom their dependence cannot absolve of responsibility.

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For Psa 109:1-7
1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
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Through an inspiration unfathomable to us, a prophecy came forth from the psalmist’s heart whose meaning he himself could scarcely...  Read more

Through an inspiration unfathomable to us, a prophecy came forth from the psalmist’s heart whose meaning he himself could scarcely comprehend, still less his first listeners. But centuries would pass, and the New Testament would reveal both why the Lord addresses the Lord and who the priest according to the order of Melchizedek is.

Although understanding the Bible requires knowledge of the historical setting that accompanied the appearance of its books, they were written not for the needs of the passing moment but for all times. The Bible reveals to us the meaning of history’s course, while the Bible itself is revealed over the course of time. Therefore every perplexity that arises while reading it will surely be dispelled.

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For Psa 109:1-7
1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
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This psalm is one of the shortest, and in form it differs greatly from a simple prayer of praise, petition, or...  Read more

This psalm is one of the shortest, and in form it differs greatly from a simple prayer of praise, petition, or repentance. It begins in the way the prophets revealed to people what God says. Jesus interprets this psalm (Mt 22:42-46), which is why it is called messianic. It sets out in order the most essential things we know about the Messiah. He will come in power and glory. He is the true priest, holy and chosen. His coming will compel everyone to decide which side they are on. The choice between God and nonbeing will be so difficult that it resembles a war. And nevertheless, His coming will become a source of life, the living water that will give drink to everyone ready to accept Him as the Messiah.

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