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Why boastest thou thyself in Mischief? — Why do you “exult” in that which is wrong? Why do you find pleasure in evil rather than in good? …

Mighty man. This term is better understood as hero, used sarcastically. The Septuagint and Vulgate render it as “a mighty…

Why boastest thou of thy wickedness? The success that crowned Doeg's treachery must have considerably tended to stagger David’s faith. He …

Why do you boast yourself in mischief ?
&c.] Or "in evil" F23 ; in that which is sinful; to glory in rich…

Those who glory in sin, glory in their shame. The patience and forbearance of God are abused by sinners, resulting in the hardening of their hearts…

1. Here begins the second set of fifty psalms. As was said at the beginning of the book, the first fifty relate to penitents, and this secon…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes