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Psalm 109

Psa. 109:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<To the chief Musician
natsach (Hebrew #5329)
properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); also (as denominative from 5331), to be permanent
KJV usage: excel, chief musician (singer), oversee(-r), set forward.
Pronounce: naw-tsakh'
Origin: a primitive root
, A Psalm
mizmowr (Hebrew #4210)
properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes
KJV usage: psalm.
Pronounce: miz-more'
Origin: from 2167
of David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
.>> Holdp not thy peace
charash (Hebrew #2790)
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
KJV usage: X altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.
Pronounce: khaw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
, O God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
of my praise
thillah (Hebrew #8416)
laudation; specifically (concretely) a hymn
KJV usage: praise.
Pronounce: teh-hil-law'
Origin: from 1984
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Psa. 83:1• 1<<A Song or Psalm of Asaph.>> Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. (Psa. 83:1)
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Jer. 17:14• 14Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. (Jer. 17:14)

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-15:  David, complaining of his slanderous enemies, under the person of Judas devotes them.
16-20:  He shews their sin.
21-28:  Complaining of his own misery, he prays for help.
29-31:  He promises thankfulness.
A.M. 2942.
B.C. 1062.
(Title.)It is generally supposed that this Psalm was composed by David, when persecuted by Saul, who was rendered more implacable by the base and malicious calumnies of Doeg and others; though some are of opinion, that it was written when David fled from Absalom, and that Ahithophel, rather than Doeg, is the typical person against whom it is principally directed.Hold.
Psa. 28:1• 1<<A Psalm of David.>> Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. (Psa. 28:1)
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Psa. 35:22‑23• 22This thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
 23Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord. (Psa. 35:22‑23)
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Psa. 83:1• 1<<A Song or Psalm of Asaph.>> Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. (Psa. 83:1)
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Isa. 42:14• 14I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. (Isa. 42:14)
O God.
Psa. 118:28• 28Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee. (Psa. 118:28)
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Ex. 15:2• 2The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. (Ex. 15:2)
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Deut. 10:21• 21He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen. (Deut. 10:21)
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Jer. 17:14• 14Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. (Jer. 17:14)
• Book 5, Series 1. The ten tribes restored. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)
• Psa. 109 is the judgment of Judas and the antichristian Jews at the end. (“Psalms 109” by H. Smith)
• These trials, that the Jewish remnant will have yet to meet, have already been faced by Christ in the days of His humiliation. Thus, while the psalm prophetically gives the future experiences of the remnant, it also presents the ways of God with Christ in humiliation (vs. 27), according to which the wicked, energized by Satan, are allowed to speak against Christ―the holy Sufferer, who gave Himself to prayer and waited for God to speak on His behalf. (“Psalms 109” by H. Smith)
• (vv. 1-5) The opening verses touchingly present experiences which were only fully entered into by Christ in humiliation. (“Psalms 109” by H. Smith)
• In the ways of God there came a time when God was silent, in the presence of the insults heaped by man on the One who was wholly here for the praise of God. While submitting to the trial, the holy Sufferer looks to God and waits for Him to speak on His behalf. (“Psalms 109” by H. Smith)
• The restored tribes of Israel are instructed in the details of Christ’s humiliation and rejection. The ten tribes were not in the land at the time of Christ’s first coming when He was rejected by His brethren the Jews, hence they learn of His sufferings after the fact. They are brought to know the sufferings the Lord Jesus Christ passed through as He was rejected by His people whom He deeply loved (vs. 1-5). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm. O God of my praise, be not silent: