All my bones shall say, "O LORD, who is like thee, thou who deliverest the weak from him who is too strong for him, the weak and needy from him who despoils him?"

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

False witnesses did rise up - Margin, "witnesses of wrong." The Hebrew is, "witnesses of “violence”," חמס châmâs.…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Violent witnesses rise up. The Hebrew is, they shall rise up; but in using the future tense, the Psalmist intimates that…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

False witnesses rose up
Against David, saying he sought the hurt of Saul, (1 Samuel 24:9) , as did again…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Call a man ungrateful, and you can call him no worse: this was the character of David's enemies. In this, he was a type of Christ. David shows how …

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

1. In the preceding psalms, the dignity of the just was made manifest; now help is implored against the persecutions of the wicked.

He…

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