17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
17 He loved to pronounce a curse- may it come back on him. He found no pleasure in blessing- may it be far from him.
17 He loved to curse; let curses come
17 Since he loved cursing so much, let curses rain down; Since he had no taste for blessing, let blessings flee far from him.
17 As he loved cursing, so let it come to him; As he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him.
17 He loved to curse others; now you curse him. He never blessed others; now don't you bless him.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.
2 That critical spirit has a way of boomeranging.
2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.
2 For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.
(Read Matthew 7:1-6)
We must judge ourselves, and judge of our own acts, but not make our word a law to everybody. We must not judge rashly, nor pass judgment upon our brother without any ground. We must not make the worst of people. Here is a just reproof to those who quarrel with their brethren for small faults, while they allow themselves in greater ones. Some sins are as motes, while others are as beams; some as a gnat, others as a camel. Not that there is any sin little; if it be a mote, or splinter, it is in the eye; if a gnat, it is in the throat; both are painful and dangerous, and we cannot be easy or well till they are got out. That which charity teaches us to call but a splinter in our brother's eye, true repentance and godly sorrow will teach us to call a beam in our own. It is as strange that a man can be in a sinful, miserable condition, and not be aware of it, as that a man should have a beam in his eye, and not consider it; but the god of this world blinds their minds. Here is a good rule for reprovers; first reform thyself.
52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
52 "Put your sword back in its place," Jesus said to him, "for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.
52 Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword.
52 Jesus said, "Put your sword back where it belongs. All who use swords are destroyed by swords.
52 But Jesus said to him, "Put your sword in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.
52 "Put away your sword," Jesus told him. "Those who use the sword will die by the sword.
(Read Matthew 26:47-56)
No enemies are so much to be abhorred as those professed disciples that betray Christ with a kiss. God has no need of our services, much less of our sins, to bring about his purposes. Though Christ was crucified through weakness, it was voluntary weakness; he submitted to death. If he had not been willing to suffer, they could not conquer him. It was a great sin for those who had left all to follow Jesus; now to leave him for they knew not what. What folly, for fear of death to flee from Him, whom they knew and acknowledged to be the Fountain of life!
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 109:17
Commentary on Psalm 109:6-20
(Read Psalm 109:6-20)
The Lord Jesus may speak here as a Judge, denouncing sentence on some of his enemies, to warn others. When men reject the salvation of Christ, even their prayers are numbered among their sins. See what hurries some to shameful deaths, and brings the families and estates of others to ruin; makes them and theirs despicable and hateful, and brings poverty, shame, and misery upon their posterity: it is sin, that mischievous, destructive thing. And what will be the effect of the sentence, "Go, ye cursed," upon the bodies and souls of the wicked! How it will affect the senses of the body, and the powers of the soul, with pain, anguish, horror, and despair! Think on these things, sinners, tremble and repent.