Psa 139:19-23 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 19. Surely thou wilt slay the wicked ] The remaining part of this Psalm has no visible connexion with the preceding. I rather think it a fragment, or a part of some other Psalm. Ye bloody men. ] anshey damim, men of blood , men guilty of death .

‏ Psalms 139:19-23

Verse 19. Surely thou wilt slay the wicked] The remaining part of this Psalm has no visible connexion with the preceding. I rather think it a fragment, or a part of some other Psalm.

Ye bloody men.] anshey damim, men of blood, men guilty of death.

Verse 20. Thine enemies take thy name in vain.] Bishop Horsley translates the whole verse thus:-

"They have deserted me who are disobedient to thee;

"They who are sworn to a rash purpose-thy

refractory adversaries."

The original is obscure: but I cannot see these things in it. Some translate the Hebrew thus: "Those who oppose thee iniquitously seize unjustly upon thy cities;" and so almost all the Versions. The words, thus translated, may apply to Sanballat, Tobiah, and the other enemies of the returned Jews, who endeavoured to drive them from the land, that they might possess the cities of Judea.

Verse 21. Do not I hate them] I hold their conduct in abomination.

Verse 22. With perfect hatred] Their conduct, their motives, their opposition to thee, their perfidy and idolatrous purposes, I perfectly abhor. With them I have neither part, interest, nor affection.

Verse 23. Search me, O God] Investigate my conduct, examine my heart, put me to the test, and examine my thoughts.