- Set thou:
- Dr. Sykes, Michaelis, and others, contend that these imprecations are those of David's enemies against himself; and they would render, "Set, say they, a wicked," etc, but this is rendered highly improbable by the "Let his daysª be¹ few;ª [and] let anotherª takeª° his office.ª" {Psa 109:8} being applied by St. Peter to the traitor Judas, of whom David was certainly not a type. (See "[Let] this¹ [be] the rewardª of mine adversariesª° from¹¹ the LORD,ª and of them that speakª° evilª against¹ my soul.ª" {Psa 109:20}.) Bp. Horsley and others, however, render the verbs in the future tense, the first verb alone being in the imperative; justly considering the Psalmist as merely uttering prophetic denunciations of God's displeasure against sinners. "Saying,ª° I have sinnedª° in that I have betrayedª° the innocentª blood.ª Andª they¹ said,ª° Whatª [is that] toª us?ª seeª° thouª [to that]." {Mtt 27:4}
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