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Selected Verse: Psalms 140:2 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 140:2 |
King James |
Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| This character of the wicked, and the devices planned against the pious, correspond to Psa 10:7; Psa 31:13; Psa 58:4, &c. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Which imagine mischiefs in their heart - Here the language is changed to the plural number in the Hebrew, implying that while there was one man who was eminent in his wickedness and his wrong-doing, there were many others associated with him, acting under his direction. The word "mischiefs" in the Hebrew means "evils; wickednesses." It was not a single purpose; the plan embraced many forms of evil - doing him wrong in every way possible.
Continually are they gathered together for war - They are organized for this purpose; they are constantly prepared for it. The word rendered "gathered together" properly means to sojourn, to dwell for a time; and it has been proposed by some to render this, "All the day they dwell with wars;" that is, they are constantly involved in them. But the word may mean also "to gather together," as in Psa 56:6. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| They gathered together - He and his courtiers form plots and cabals against my life. |
4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.