Psalms 109:1

Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

In Context

2for they have opened against me the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:2LORD is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.

Psalms 28:1To thee, O LORD, I will call. My rock, be not thou deaf to me, lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like those who go down into the pit.

Psalms 83:1O God, keep thou not silence. Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

Psalms 118:28Thou are my God, and I will give thanks to thee. Thou are my God, I will exalt thee.

Jeremiah 17:14Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed. Save me, and I shall be saved, for thou are my praise.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 109:1

Whether David penned this psalm when he was persecuted by Saul, or when his son Absalom rebelled against him, or upon occasion of some other trouble that was given him, is uncertain; and whether the particular enemy he prays against was Saul, or Doeg, or Ahithophel, or some other not mentioned in the story, we cannot determine; but it is certain that in penning it he had an eye to Christ, his sufferings and his persecutors, for that imprecation ( ver. 8 ) is applied to Judas, Acts i. 20 . The rest of the prayers… Read the whole commentary →

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