Psalms 109:3

“They compassed me about also with words of hatred, etc.] They surrounded him as he hung on the cross, and expressed their malice and hatred against him; then was he enclosed with these spiteful snarling dogs, and encompassed by them as with so many bees, who everyone left their sting in him, (<192216>Psalm 22:16 118:12). And fought against me without a cause: they were of an hostile spirit, enemies and enmity itself against him; fought against him both with words and blows, with their tongues and with their fists; sought his life, and at length took it away; he was attacked by the body of the Jewish nation, and by the whole posse of devils; and all this without any cause or just reason: he…”

“They compassed me about also with words of hatred - They attacked me on every side; they assailed me, not merely in one form and direction, but in every form, and in every direction. I could turn no way - I could go nowhere - where I did not encounter these slanderous reports. And fought against me without a cause - Contended against me, or fought against me, with “words.” They sought to do me all the harm they could. The phrase “without a cause “means that he had given them no occasion for this conduct; he had not wronged them; it was mere malignity. See Psalms 35:7; Psalms 69:4. Compare John 15:25. return to 'Top of Page'”

“compassed: Psa 17:11, Psa 22:12, Psa 88:17; Sa2 16:7, Sa2 16:8; Hos 11:12 fought: Psa 35:7, Psa 35:20, Psa 59:3, Psa 59:4, Psa 69:4; Sa1 19:4, Sa1 19:5, Sa1 26:18; Sa2 15:12; Joh 15:24, Joh 15:25 Psalms 109:4”