The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 109:2

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful; literally, of deceit—the abstract for the concrete. Are opened against me; literally, hare they opened upon me (Kay, Cheyne, Revised Version).

They have spoken against ms with a lying tongue (comp. Psalms 27:12; Psalms 35:11). Calumny and misrepresentation are ever the portion of the children of God. David was calumniated by Saul (1 Samuel 22:7-13), by Absalom (2 Samuel 15:3, 2 Samuel 15:4), by Shimei (2 Samuel 16:8), and others.

One more perfect than David was even more calumniated (Matthew 11:19; Matthew 12:24; Matthew 26:61; Luke 23:2, etc.).

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