Because of the voice of the enemy
Of Absalom, as Arama; or of Ahithophel, who gave out he would
smite the king only, ( 2 Samuel
17:2 ) ; and so of any spiritual enemy, as sin, Satan, and
the world, when they threaten dominion and tyranny; and of the
Scribes and Pharisees reproaching Christ, as being a Samaritan,
and having a devil, and doing his miracles by his assistance;
menacing, insulting, and triumphing over him, when on the cross;
because of the oppression of the wicked;
of Absalom or Ahithophel, as Arama; who conspired against David,
and obliged him to quit his palace, and the city of Jerusalem;
and is applicable to the troubles which surround the people of
God, from every quarter, by wicked men, and to our Lord's being
enclosed by them at the time of his Crucifixion, ( Psalms 22:12
Psalms
22:13 Psalms 22:16
) ;
for they cast iniquity upon me;
laid things to his charge he knew not: so wicked men falsely
accuse the good conversation of the saints; and so the Jews
imputed crimes to Christ he was innocent of; as immorality,
sedition, blasphemy
and in wrath they hate me;
as they do all the people of God, because chosen and called, and
separated from them: and so they did Christ, and with a mortal
hatred, though without a cause.