John Gill Commentary Psalms 25:19

"Consider mine enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred." — Psalms 25:19 (ASV)

Consider mine enemies
Or "look" ^F13 upon them; but with another kind of look; so as he looked through the pillar of fire upon the Egyptians, and troubled them, (Exodus 14:24); with a look of wrath and vengeance. The arguments he uses are taken both from the quantity and quality of his enemies, their number and their nature;

for they are many ;
the hearts of the people of Israel, in general, being after Absalom, (2 Samuel 15:12 2 Samuel 15:13); and so the spiritual enemies of the Lord's people are many; their sins and corruptions, Satan, and his principalities and powers, and the men of this world;

and they hate me with cruel hatred ;
like that of Simeon and Levi, (Genesis 49:7); their hatred broke out in a cruel manner, in acts of force and cruelty; and it was the more cruel, inasmuch as it was without cause: and such is the hatred of Satan and his emissaries against the faithful followers of Christ; who breathe out cruelty, thirst after their blood, and make themselves drunk with it; even their tender mercies are cruel, and much more their hatred.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F13: (har) "vide", Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Cocceius, Michaelis "aspice", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "intuere", Gejerus.