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17As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
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For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. …
Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-20)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 revenge, but in a holy zeal for God and against sin and with an eye to the enemies of Christ, particularly Judas who betrayed him, whose sin was greater than Pilate’s that condemned him (John 19:11), he impr…
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