Psalms 109:7

“When he shall be judged, let him be condemned, etc.] When he shall be arraigned at the bar of his own conscience, and be charged with the sin of which he is guilty, let conscience, which is as a thousand witnesses, rise up against him, and condemn him; so it did Judas, (<402601>Matthew 26:1,3,4), or when he shall stand before the judgment seat of Christ at the last day, let him go out a wicked, or a guilty or condemned man f1555; let him hear the awful sentence, “go, thou cursed, into everlasting fire”: and let him go out immediately from the presence of the Judge into eternal punishment, the condemnation of the devil: so Judas is said to go to his own place, (<440125>Acts 1:25). And let his…”

“When he shall be judged ... - When for his offences he shall be arraigned. The psalmist supposes that he “might” be put on trial; he seems to suppose that this “would be.” Such wickedness could not always escape detection, and sooner or later he would be arrested and brought to trial. “When” this should occur, the psalmist prays that justice might be done; that he might be condemned, as he “ought” to be. Such a prayer could not in itself be wrong, for assuredly it cannot be proper for magistrates to pray that the wicked man may escape, or that they may themselves fail in the very object for which they are appointed. See the General Introduction, 6 (5) e. f. And let his prayer become sin -…”

“Sin - Because it is not from his heart. Psalms 109:10”

“be condemned: Heb. go out guilty, or wicked, Rom 3:19; Gal 3:10 and let: Sa2 15:7, Sa2 15:8; Pro 15:8, Pro 21:27, Pro 28:9; Isa 1:15, Isa 66:3; Mat 23:14 Psalms 109:8”