The Lord shall cut off - This might be rendered, “May the Lord cut off,” implying a wish on the part of the psalmist that it might …

The Lord shall. —Translate, May Jehovah cut off.

Proud things. —Literally, great things. …

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. The LORD shall cut off all flatteri…

To his complaint in the preceding verse, he now adds a plea for judgment, that God would cut off deceitful tongues. It is uncertain whether he wish…

The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips
This is either a prophecy or a prayer, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi observe; t…

This psalm furnishes good thoughts for bad times; one may comfort oneself with such meditations and prayers. Let us see what makes the times bad, a…