the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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Psalms 109:1
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O God of my praise,Do not be silent!
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
O God of my praise, Do not be silent!Holde not thy tongue: O thou the Lorde of my prayse.
To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm.
O God of my praise, be not silent:Do not keep silent, O God of my praise!
To the chief musician, A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, do not be silent;
To the director: A praise song of David.
God, I praise you! Hear my prayer and do something!<
[To the chiefe Musician, A Psalme of Dauid.] Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise.
Holde not thy toge, o God of my prayse. For the mouth of the vngodly, yee and the mouth of the disceatfull is opened vpon me,
A David Prayer My God, don't turn a deaf ear to my hallelujah prayer. Liars are pouring out invective on me; Their lying tongues are like a pack of dogs out to get me, barking their hate, nipping my heels—and for no reason! I loved them and now they slander me—yes, me!— and treat my prayer like a crime; They return my good with evil, they return my love with hate.
O God of my praise! Do not keep silent,
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Don't hold your peace, O God of my praise;
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
For the music director, a psalm of David.
O God whom I praise, do not ignore me!(A psalm by David for the music leader.)
I praise you, God! Don't keep silent.For the leader. A psalm of David: God, whom I praise, don't remain silent!
To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. Holde not thy tongue, O God of my praise.
HOLD not thy peace, O God of my praise;
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For the Leader. A Psalm of David.
For the choir director: A psalm of David.
O God, whom I praise, don't stand silent and aloofI give praise to You, O God. Do not be quiet.
O God, pass not over my praise in silence;
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, do not be silent.
To the leader. Of David. A Psalm.
Do not be silent, O God of my praise.(108-1) <Unto the end, a psalm for David.> (108-2) O God, be not thou silent in my praise:
For the music director. A psalm of David.
O God of my praise, do not keep silent,To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
Be not silent, O God of my praise!God of my praise, Do not be silent!
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
God, I praise you. Do not be silent.I praise you, God; don't remain silent!
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.
God of my praise, do not be silent.The title of the hundrid and eiytthe salm. To victorye, the salm of Dauid.
To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent,
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Be not silent, O God of my praise!
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
am 2942, bc 1062 - Title It is generally supposed that this Psalm was composed by David, when persecuted by Saul, who was rendered more implacable by the base and malicious calumnies of Doeg and others; though some are of opinion, that it was written when David fled from Absalom, and that Ahithophel, rather than Doeg, is the typical person against whom it is principally directed.
Hold: Psalms 28:1, Psalms 35:22, Psalms 35:23, Psalms 83:1, Isaiah 42:14
O God: Psalms 118:28, Exodus 15:2, Deuteronomy 10:21, Jeremiah 17:14
Reciprocal: Psalms 50:21 - I kept Psalms 120:2 - from lying lips
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Hold not thy peace,.... Or be not as a deaf or dumb man, or like one that turns a deaf ear and will give no answer; so the Lord seems to his people when he does not give an immediate answer to their prayers, and does not arise to help them; he seems to have forsaken them, and to stand at a distance from them; nor does he avenge them of their enemies; it is the Messiah, as man, that puts up this petition, and it agrees with Psalms 22:2.
O God of my praise; worthy of all praise, because of the perfections of his nature, and for the mercies he bestows; and is and ought to be the constant object of the praise of his people, and was the object of the praise of Christ; see Psalms 22:22, who praised him for his wonderful formation as man, having such a holy human nature, so suitable to his divine Person, and so fit for the service of his people; for his preservation from his enemies, and the deliverance of him from death and the grave, by his resurrection; for hearing his petitions, and for the special grace bestowed on his people; see Psalms 139:14. Or, "O God of my glorying w"; in whom he gloried, of whom he boasted; as he often with exultation spoke of him as his God and Father: or, "the God that praises me"; for his praise was not of men, but of God, who by a voice from heaven declared him his beloved Son, in whom he was well pleased, Matthew 3:17.
w תהלתי "gloriationis meae", Cocceius; "de quo glorior", so some in Vatablus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Hold not thy peace - That is, Speak for my defense - as if God had looked with unconcern on the wrongs which were done to him. See the notes at Psalms 83:1.
O God of my praise - The God whom I praise; whom I worship and adore. It implies that he was accustomed to praise him, and desired still to praise him. He sought that God would interpose now that he might have new occasion for praise.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
PSALM CIX
The psalmist speaks against his inveterate enemies, 1-5.
He prays against them, and denounces God's judgments, 6-15.
The reason on which this is grounded, 16-20.
He prays for his own safety and salvation, using many arguments
to induce God to have mercy upon him, 21-31.
NOTES ON PSALMS CIX
The title of this Psalm, To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, has already often occurred, and on it the Versions offer nothing new. The Syriac says it is "a Psalm of David, when the people, without his knowledge, made Absalom king; on which account he was slain: but to us (Christians) he details the passion of Christ." That it contains a prophecy against Judas and the enemies of our Lord, is evident from Acts 1:20. Probably, in its primary meaning, (for such a meaning it certainly has,) it may refer to Ahithophel. The execrations in it should be rendered in the future tense, as they are mere prophetic denunciations of God's displeasure against sinners. Taken in this light, it cannot be a stumbling-block to any person. God has a right to denounce those judgments which he will inflict on the workers of iniquity. But perhaps the whole may be the execrations of David's enemies against himself. See on Psalms 107:20. Ahithophel, who gave evil counsel against David, and being frustrated hanged himself, was no mean prototype of Judas the traitor; it was probably on this account that St. Peter, Acts 1:20, applied it to the case of Judas, as a prophetic declaration concerning him, or at least a subject that might be accommodated to his case.
Verse Psalms 109:1. Hold not thy peace — Be not silent; arise and defend my cause.
