Psalm - 109:25



25 I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.

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Explanation and meaning of Psalm 109:25.

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I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
And I am become a reproach to them: they saw me and they shaked their heads,
And I am become a reproach unto them; when they look upon me they shake their heads.
I became also a reproach to them: when they looked upon me they shook their heads.
As for me, they make sport of me; shaking their heads when they see me.
I am become also a taunt unto them; When they see me, they shake their head.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

I became also a reproach unto them - They reproached or reviled me as a bad man. Compare the notes at Psalm 22:6. The plural here - "unto them" - shows that there were more than one to whom the psalm had reference, though one of them was so prominent that a considerable part of the psalm might properly be spoken of him alone.
When they looked upon me, they shaked their heads - In contempt. See Psalm 22:7. Compare Matthew 27:39.

When they looked upon me they soaked their heads - Thus was David treated by Shimei, 2-Samuel 16:5, 2-Samuel 16:6, and our blessed Lord by the Jews, Matthew 27:39.

I became also a reproach unto them,.... Or they reproached him; not only in life, traducing his conversation, blaspheming his miracles, calling him a Samaritan, saying he had a devil, and charging him with sedition; but at the time of his death they reviled him, and treated him in the most opprobrious manner.
When they looked upon me, they shaked their heads; which was verified in the Jews as they passed by the cross of Christ, whither they came to stare upon him and scoff at him, Matthew 27:39.

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