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- Psalms
- Chapter 109
- Verse 6
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Set thou a wicked man over him,.... Or "them", as the Syriac version; over everyone of his adversaries, and all of them: and which may be interpreted, as it is by Cocceius, of tyrannical princes and…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
Set thou a wicked man over him - This commences the imprecatory part of the psalm, extending to Psa 109:20. The first thing that the psalmist asks is, that his foe might be subjected to the evil of…
David here fastens upon some one particular person that was worse than the rest of his enemies, and the ringleader of them, and in a devout and pious manner, not from a principle of malice and…
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