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Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.
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The Fall of Corrupt Leaders
Multiple commentators see this verse as a prayer or prophecy that corrupt leaders (the "judges") will be removed from their high positions of power ("overthrown in stony places"). Scholars like Calvin and Barnes suggest that only after these misleading influences are gone can the common people be free to hear and accept the psalmist's words of truth and righteousness.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
When ... - This passage is no less difficult than the preceding, and it seems almost impossible to determine its exact meaning.
19th Century
Anglican
This verse is again full of difficulties. The first clause should probably be translated, Let their judges be broken to pieces by the force
Baptist
Wicked people often will not hear the gospel; but when they get into trouble, then they will. When their judges are overthrown in stony places, the…
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16th Century
Protestant
Their judges have been thrown down upon stony places—Almost all interpreters agree that the tense of the verb should be changed from the p…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When their judges are overthrown in stony places The judges of David's adversaries, the workers of iniquity; meaning…
We should be ready to welcome the rebuke of our heavenly Father, and also the reproof of our fellow believers. It will not break my head, if it onl…
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