Psalms 102:8

Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.

King James Version · Read in your translation · Open the Explore console

Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
enemies	אוֹיְבָ֑י 'oy.Vai	H341	hating · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
reproach	חֵרְפ֣וּנִי che.re.Fu.ni	H2778	to pull off · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person common plural + pronominal suffix
day	הַ֭יּוֹם Hai.yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
mad	מְ֝הוֹלָלַ֗י me.ho.la.Lai	H1984	to be clear (orig. of sound · verb, piel active participle, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
sworn	נִשְׁבָּֽעוּ nish.Ba.'u	H7650	to seven oneself · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person common plural

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Acts 26:11 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even…
Psalms 69:9-10 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
Isaiah 65:15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
Acts 23:12-35 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink t…
Romans 15:3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
Psalms 2:1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Psalms 31:11-13 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without f…
Psalms 69:20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I…

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 102:1-11

The title of this psalm is very observable; it is a prayer of the afflicted. It was composed by one that was himself afflicted, afflicted with the church and for it; and on those that are of a public spirit afflictions of that kind lie heavier than any other. It is calculated for an afflicted state, and is intended for the use of others that may be in the like distress; for whatsoever things were written aforetime were written designedly for our use. The whole word of God is of use to direct us in prayer; but here, as often elsewhere, the Holy Ghost has drawn up our petition for us, has put words into our mouths. Hos 14:2, Take with you words. Here is a prayer put into the hands of the affli…

Read the whole note in the console

John Gill on Psalms 102:8

Mine enemies reproach me all the day,.... 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 agains…

Read the whole note in the console

John Calvin on Psalms 102:8-11

Psalm 102:8-11 8. My enemies have reviled me daily; and those who are mad against me have sworn by me. [143] 9. For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, [or, with my tears,] 10. On account of thy indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. 11. My days are like a shadow which declineth; and I am dried up like the grass. 8. My enemies have reviled me daily The faithful, to excite the compassion of God towards them, tell him that they are not only objects of mockery to their enemies, but also that they swore by them. The indignity complained of is, that the ungodly so shamefully triumphed over God's chosen people, as even to borrow fro…

The Church Fathers

"Mine enemies revile me all day, and they that praised me are sworn together against me" [Psalm 102:8]. With their mouth they praised, in their heart they were laying snares for me. Hear their praise: "Master, we know that You are true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest Thou for any man. Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not?" [Matthew 22:16-17] And whence this evil repute, except because I came to make sinners my members, that by repentance they may be in my body? Thence is all the calumny, thence the persecution. "Why eats your Master with publicans and sinners? They that be whole need not a physician, but they that be sick." [Matthew 9:11-12] Would that you were aware of your sickness, that you might seek a physician; ye would not slay Him, and through your infatuated pride perish in a false health.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 102

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Enemy · The wickedness of David’s — The wickedness of David’s
Malice · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Reviling And Reproaching · The wicked utter, against: Saints — The wicked utter, against: Saints
Speaking · EVIL — EVIL

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 102:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 102:1-11

John Gill on Psalms 102:8

John Calvin on Psalms 102:8-11

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 102:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 102:1-11

John Gill on Psalms 102:8

John Calvin on Psalms 102:8-11

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 102:6-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 102:7-8

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 102:8