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Let all their wickedness come before you; Do to them, as you have done to me for all my transgressions: For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
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A Cry for Justice, Not Revenge
Commentators agree this is not a prayer for personal revenge but a cry for divine justice. The speaker asks God to act as a righteous judge, bringing the enemies' wickedness to account. This is seen as a plea for righteousness to prevail, similar to prayers found in the Psalms, rather than a simple desire for vengeance.
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Lamentations
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19th Century
Anglican
Let all their wickedness ... — The prayer for a righteous retribution, the first natural prayer of the outraged, reminds us of Psa…
16th Century
Protestant
Here, undoubtedly, the faithful regarded the judgment God would eventually execute on the ungodly as part of their comfort. There is also no doubt …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let all their wickedness come before you The Targum adds, ``in the day of the great judgment;'' but it seems to refe…
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Presbyterian
Jerusalem, sitting dejected on the ground, calls on those that passed by, to consider whether her example did not concern them. Her outward sufferi…
13th Century
Catholic
Here he seeks vengeance.
