Psalms 109:1

O God of my praise, do not be silent;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

In Context

2For, the mouth of the lawless one and the mouth of the deceiver, against me, are open, They have spoken to me with false tongue;

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Cross References

Exodus 15:2My might and melody, is Yah, And he became mine, by salvation,—This, is my GOD, and I will glorify him, The God of my father and I will set him on high.

Psalms 28:1Unto thee, O Yahweh, do I cry, O my Rock! do not turn in silence from me,—lest, if thou turn from me in silence, I be like them who go down into the pit.

Psalms 83:1O God, Do not keep quiet, Do not hold thy peace, Neither be thou still, O GOD!

Psalms 118:28My GOD, thou art, and I will thank thee,—My Elohim, I will exalt thee.

Jeremiah 17:14Heal thou me O Yahweh, that I may be healed, Save me that I may be saved,—For, my praise, thou art!

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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