Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
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Gill's Exposition
Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour,.... A heap of words to express the greatness of the contempt that was cast upon him, and the injury that was done to his person and…
Barnes' Notes
Thou hast known my reproach - The reproach that has come upon me; the shame and contempt which I am called to endure. God had seen all this; and the psalmist appeals to him as having seen it, as a…
David had been speaking before of the spiteful reproaches which his enemies cast upon him; here he adds, But, as for me, my prayer is unto thee. They spoke ill of him for his fasting and praying, and…
Once more he lays before God the severity of his sufferings, and the inhumanity of his enemies.
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