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O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

O my God, make them like a wheel ... Or rather, like a rolling thing—something that the wind rolls along. The word גלגל

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

A wheel. —Hebrew, galgal. (See Note, Psalms 77:18, and compare to Isaiah 17:13, where the Authorized Version h…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Or rather, "You shall make them a wheel," never still. The real translation, I think, would be, "Make them like those light, dry flowers w…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

O my God! make them like a whirling ball. As the ungodly, when they prepare themselves for destroying the Church, are usually inflated wit…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

O my God, make them like a wheel
Which, as the Targum adds, is rolled, and goes on, and rests not in a declivity; le…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

All who oppose the kingdom of Christ can read their doom here. God is still the same as He always was: the same to His people, and the same against…

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