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Psalm 109:21-31

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21 But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me 1for Your name's sake; Because 2Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;
22 For 3I am afflicted and needy, And my heart is 4wounded within me.
23 I am passing 5like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off 6like the locust.
24 My 7knees are weak from 8fasting, And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.
25 I also have become a 9reproach to them; When they see me, they 10wag their head.
26 11Help me, O LORD my God; Save me according to Your lovingkindness.
27 And let them 12know that this is Your hand; You, LORD, have done it.
28 13Let them curse, but You bless; When they arise, they shall be ashamed, But Your 14servant shall be glad.
29 Let 15my accusers be clothed with dishonor, And let them 16cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
30 With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the LORD; And in the midst of many 17I will praise Him.
31 For He stands 18at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who 19judge his soul.
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Psalm 109:21-31 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. This psalm was written by David, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, concerning Judas the betrayer of Christ, as is certain from Acts 1:16 hence it is used to be called by the ancients the Iscariotic psalm. Whether the occasion of it was the rebellion of Absalom, as some, or the persecution of Saul, as Kimchi; and whoever David might have in view particularly, whether Ahithophel, or Doeg the Edomite, as is most likely; yet it is evident that the Holy Ghost foresaw the sin of Judas, and prophesies of that, and of the ruin and misery that should come upon him; for the imprecations in this psalm are no other than predictions of future events, and so are not to be drawn into an example by men; nor do they breathe out anything contrary to the spirit of Christianity, but are proofs of it, since what is here predicted has been exactly accomplished. The title in the Syriac version is, "a psalm of David when they created Absalom king without his knowledge, and for this cause he was slain; but to us it expounds the sufferings of the Christ of God;" and indeed he is the person that is all along speaking in this psalm.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 19

  • 1. Psalms 23:3; Psalms 25:11; Psalms 79:9; Psalms 106:8; Ezekiel 36:22
  • 2. Psalms 69:16
  • 3. Psalms 40:17; Psalms 86:1
  • 4. Job 24:12; Psalms 143:4; Proverbs 18:14
  • 5. Psalms 102:11
  • 6. Exodus 10:19; Job 39:20
  • 7. Hebrews 12:12
  • 8. Psalms 35:13
  • 9. Psalms 22:6
  • 10. Psalms 22:7; Jeremiah 18:16; Lamentations 2:15; Matthew 27:39; Mark 15:29
  • 11. Psalms 119:86
  • 12. Job 37:7
  • 13. 2 Samuel 16:11, 12
  • 14. Isaiah 65:14
  • 15. Job 8:22; Psalms 132:18
  • 16. Job 8:22; Psalms 35:26
  • 17. Psalms 22:22; Psalms 35:18; Psalms 111:1
  • 18. Psalms 16:8; Psalms 73:23; Psalms 110:5; Psalms 121:5
  • 19. Psalms 37:33

Footnotes 6

  • [a] Heb "YHWH," usually rendered LORD
  • [b] Lit "one has pierced my heart within me"
  • [c] Or "totter"
  • [d] Or "That they may know"
  • [e] Or "My accusers will be"
  • [f] Or "they will cover"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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