Psalms 109:27
in Psalms 109Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.
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ASV
That they may know that this is thy hand; That thou, Jehovah, hast done it.
KJV
That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, Lord, hast done it.
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This verse in Psalms 109
Commentary
9 notes on this verseAnd let them know that this is your hand, and you, O Lord, have made it. What is it that he says, And let them know that this is your hand, and you, O Lord, have made it? Let the Jews understand that they did not prevail against me by their own strength: but my will and your will was done, that I should suffer. And I willed to suffer; therefore I say, according to what I am as man: "My God, I willed to do your will." And your will was also mine, that I should suffer.
This site's exposition
Help me, O LORD my God
on Psalms 109:26-29
He asks for help by God's loving devotion. He asks that they know whose hand it is, and though they curse, God will bless; they will be put to shame. Verse 29 asks that the accusers wear shame like a robe, the garment of verse 18 turned on them.
This site's exposition
Let them know that this is Your hand
The request looks past the rescue to the accusers' knowing. Isaiah 41:20 gives the same purpose, that all may know the hand of the LORD has done this. The LORD will be seen to have done it.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"Though they curse, yet bless Thou" [Psalm 109:27]. Vain therefore and false is the cursing of the sons of men, that have pleasure in vanity, and seek a lie; but when God blesses, He does what He says. "Let them be confounded that rise up against me." For their imagining that they have some power against Me, is the reason that they rise up against Me; but when I shall have been exalted above the heavens, and My glory shall have commenced spreading over the whole earth, they shall be confounded. "But Your servant shall rejoice:" either on the right hand of the Father, or in His members when they rejoice, both in hope among temptations, and after temptations for evermore.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
That they may know that this is thy hand,.... Which inflicted vengeance, and executed judgments on Judas and the Jews, as before imprecated: so the Targum, "that they may know that this is thy stroke;'' or which was concerned in all the sorrows and sufferings of the Messiah, which could never have come upon him had it not been the will of God; it was his hand and council that determined it, or men could never have effected it; see Act 4:28, or which wrought deliverance and salvation as before prayed for; see Psa 118:
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
That they may know that this is thy hand. Dolts as they are, let the mercy shown to me be so conspicuous that they shall be forced to see the Lord's agency in it.
That they may know that this is thy hand. Dolts as they are, let the mercy shown to me be so conspicuous that they shall be forced to see the Lord's agency in it. Ungodly men will not see God's hand in anything if they can help it, and when they see good men delivered into their power they become more confirmed than ever in their atheism; but all in good time God will arise and so effectually punish their malice and rescue the object of their spite that they will be compelled to say like the Egyptian magicians, "this is the finger of God." That thou, Lord, hast done it. There will be no mistaking the author of so thorough a vindication, so complete a turning of the tables.
That they may know that this is thy hand - Let thy help be so manifest in my behalf, that they may see it is thy hand, and that thou hast undertaken for me. Or, if the words refer to the passion of our Lord, Let them see that I suffer not on my own account; “for the transgression of my people am I smitten.”
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
That they may know that this is thy hand - That this has been done by thee; that it has all occurred under thy direction, or has been ordered by thee. The reference seems to be particularly to God’s interposition: “Let it be manifest to all that thou hast interposed in my behalf; that thou hast undertaken for me; that thou art my Friend.” He desired an interposition from God that he might be vindicated before all his enemies. That thou, Lord, hast done it - Let it be such an interposition that it will be manifest to all that no other one but God could have done this.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְֽ֭יֵדְעוּ | veyedeu | so they may know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| כִּי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| יָ֣דְךָ | yadekha | [is] hand your | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| זֹּ֑את | zot | this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| אַתָּ֖ה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | O Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עֲשִׂיתָֽהּ׃ | ʾasitah | you have done it | H6213 → | 2628 times |
וְֽ֭יֵדְעוּso they may know
veyedeuH3045 →945 times
כִּי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
יָ֣דְךָ[is] hand your
yadekhaH3027 →1618 times
זֹּ֑אתthis
zotH2063 →603 times
אַתָּ֖הyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
יְהוָ֣הO Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
עֲשִׂיתָֽהּ׃you have done it
ʾasitahH6213 →2628 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 126:2Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
it leads to
- Job 8:21
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.
- Isaiah 35:10
So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
- Zechariah 8:22–23
And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead before the LORD.”
- Psalms 71:19
Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?
- Psalms 106:47–48
Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
- Job 8:21
Through
Exodus 8:19“This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
it leads to
- Luke 11:20
But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
- Psalms 8:3
When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
- Luke 11:20
Through
Job 37:7He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work.
it leads to
- Psalms 111:2
Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.
- Psalms 111:2
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 109; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 5; Jerome, Homily 35, on Psalm 108; John Calvin, Commentary on the Book of Psalms; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.