You make us a reproach to our neighbors - Compare the notes at (Psalms 39:8). The word neighbors here refers to surroun…

These verses become very suggestive, if we refer them to one of those periods under the Seleucids, when the Jews were so frequently attacked on the…

Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbors. Here the Psalmist speaks of their neighbors, who were all motivated either by some secret i…

You make us a reproach to our neighbours Which is the common lot of Christians: Christ and his apostles have given reason…

The believer must have times of temptation, affliction, and discouragement; the church must have seasons of persecution. At such times the people o…

1. Previously, the psalmist demonstrated his desire for God; here he proceeds to pray against the affliction of the entire people.

The…