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Selected Verse: Psalms 68:21 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 68:21 |
King James |
But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses. |
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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] |
wound the head--or, "violently destroy" (Num 24:8; Psa 110:6).
goeth on still in . . . trespasses--perseveringly impenitent. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
But God shall wound the head of his enemies - More properly, "God shall crush the head," etc. The idea is that of complete destruction, - as, if the head is crushed, life becomes ex tinct. See Gen 3:15; compare Psa 110:6.
And the hairy scalp - More literally, "the top of the hair." The Hebrew word used here for "scalp" means the vertex, the top, the crown, as of the head, where the hair "divides itself;" and the idea is properly, "the dividing of the hair." Gesenius, Lexicon. The allusion is to the top of the head; that is, the blow would descend on the top of the head, producing death.
Of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses - Of the man who perseveres in a course of wickedness. If he repents, God will be merciful to him; if he persists in sin, he will be punished. The literal rendering would be, "the hairy scalp going on, or going, sc. "about", in his trespasses." The reference is to a wicked man "continuing" in his transgressions. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Hairy - In ancient times many people used to wear long and shaggy hair, that their looks might be more terrible to their enemies. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The hairy scalp - קדקד שער kodkod sear. Does this mean any thing like the Indian scalping? Or does it refer to a crest on a helmet or headcap? I suppose the latter. |
6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.