Psalms 109:1

{To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm.} O God of my praise, be not silent:

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

In Context

2For the mouth of the wicked [man] and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue,

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Cross References

Exodus 15:2My strength and song is Jah, and he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will glorify him; My father's God, and I will extol him.

Psalms 28:1{[A Psalm] of David.} Unto thee, Jehovah, do I call; my rock, be not silent unto me, lest, [if] thou keep silence toward me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Psalms 83:1{A Song; a Psalm of Asaph.} O God, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God:

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

Jeremiah 17:14Heal me, Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art 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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