Psalms 109:1
God, you are the one whom I praise, So please answer my prayer,
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
In Context
2because wicked people slander me and tell [MTY] lies about me.
Cross References
Exodus 15:2Yahweh is the one who makes me strong, and he is the one I sing about. He is the one who has saved me. He is ◄my God/God, the one I worship►, and I will praise him. He is the one my father worshiped, and I will tell others how great he is.
Psalms 28:1Yahweh, I call out to you; you are like an overhanging rock under which I can hide. Do not refuse to answer me, because if you are silent, I will soon be with those who are in their graves.
Psalms 83:1God, do not continue to be silent! Do not be quiet and say nothing,
Psalms 118:28Yahweh, you are the God whom I worship, and I will praise you! You are my God, and I will tell everyone that you are great!
Jeremiah 17:14Yahweh, please heal me, because if you heal me, I will truly be healed. If you rescue me, I will truly be safe, because you are the only one whom I 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 →