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John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 102:8
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Mine enemies reproach me all the day, etc.] For his principles and practices, being different from theirs; for his religion, and preciseness in it; for his faith and profession of it, and for his holy walk and conversation. Good men have their enemies, and always had; but then they are such who are also enemies to God and Christ, and true religion; and these, not content to reproach now and then, continually throw out their scoffs and jeers; which is not grateful, and is here mentioned as an article of complaint; though the saints should reckon reproach for the sake of Christ and religion greater riches than all the treasures in Egypt: and they that are mad against me; as the Jews were against Christ, because of his miracles, doctrine, and success, and therefore sought to take away his life; and as the Apostle Paul before conversion was, even exceeding mad against the saints, and persecuted them to strange cities, (<420611>Luke 6:11 <442611>Acts 26:11), so were the psalmist’s enemies quite outrageous and implacable, being his sworn enemies, as follows: are sworn against me: laid themselves under a curse, to do him all the mischief they could, and it may be to take away his life; as those who sware they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul, (<442312>Acts 23:12) or they sware to lies, false charges and accusations brought against him, like those that Jezebel suborned against Naboth: or “they sware by me” f1418 ; as the words may be rendered; they sware by his calamities and distresses, and wished they might be as he was, if they did not do so and so; and took his name for a curse.
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