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Though princes sit and slander me, Your servant will meditate on your statutes.
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Respond to Slander with Scripture
Commentators highlight the psalmist's profound response to being slandered by powerful people ("princes"). Instead of arguing, defending himself, or despairing, he deliberately turned his attention to God's Word. Scholars like Spurgeon and Barnes describe this as a wise and calm strategy, choosing to find stability in God's statutes rather than engaging with his critics.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Princes also did sit and speak against me – This would have been applicable to David many times in his life, but it was also applic…
19th Century
Anglican
Speak. — Compare Psalms 50:20 for the same implied sense in this verb. This verse reads as if Israel, and not a mere individual, w…
Baptist
Princes also did sit and speak against me:
Had they nothing else to do, but talk against God's servants?
No; they sat down t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Princes also did sit [and] speak against me The princes in the court of Saul, who suggested to him that David sought…
If God deals in strict justice with us, we all perish. We should spend our lives in His service; we will find true life in keeping His word. Those …
