It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction , and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
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Gill's Exposition
It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction,.... Through the rebellion of his son, and now aggravated by the cursing of Shimei; that is, with an eye of pity and commiseration, and deliver him…
Barnes' Notes
His cursing - Another reading has “my curse,” i. e., the curse that has fallen upon me. David recognizes in every word and action that he was receiving the due reward of his sin, and that which Nathan…
We here find how David bore Shimei's curses much better than he had borne Ziba's flatteries. By the latter he was brought to pass a wrong judgment on another, by the former to pass a right judgment on…
Cambridge Bible
mine affliction This reading is supported by the Sept. and Vulg. and is probably right. Cp. Psa 25:18. The Qrîhas mine eye, which is explained to mean my grief, but the expression is unparalleled. The…
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