John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 69:35

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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I have seen the wicked in great power, etc.] Meaning some particular person invested with great power, in great authority among men, one of the spiritual wickednesses in high places; such a man as Haman in Ahasuerus’s court; and though the psalmist does not choose to mention his name, he doubtless had him in his mind; as either Saul, or Doeg the Edomite, or Ahithophel, or some such man, who was in an exalted station of life; and it may be when he himself was in low and distressed circumstances: the word used f533 signifies one formidable and terrible, striking terror to all around; of whom others are afraid, as Aben Ezra interprets it, (<232920>Isaiah 29:20 49:25); and spreading himself like a green bay tree: or like one that grows up out of the earth of itself, and is in its native soil, and very flourishing: and the metaphor denotes an increase of riches and honour, and a seemingly settled state in the enjoyment of such outward felicity; so Jarchi interprets it çyrçm, “taking root”; as well as such a man’s glorying in and boasting of his affluence and fulness; (see <197312>Psalm 73:12 <241201>Jeremiah 12:1,2 <194906>

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