Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 109:28

28. Let them curse , but bless thou: when they arise let them be ashamed, but let thy servant rejoyce.

I can patiently bear their curses, as being causless and fully compensated by thy blessing. Or, they do and will curse, I expect nothing else from them.

i. e. Bestir themselves against me. Both God and men are oft said to arise when they enter upon any undertaking, as Ios. 24. 9. Iudg. 8. 21. 2 Chron. 13. 6. & 21. 4, &c.