Remaining Chapters
10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
Linguistic Insight
Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.
Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. …
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-10)Here, I. David desires to be told of his faults. His enemies reproached him with that which was false, which he could not but complain of; yet, at the same time, he desired his friends would reprove him for that which was really amiss in him, particularly if there was any thing that gave the least colour to those reproaches (Ps. 141:5): let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness . The righ…
My Notes
Notes are saved on this device.