John Trapp on Psalms 139:19
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Psalms139:19
Verſ. 19 Surely thou wilt ſlay the wicked] Thoſe that traduce and ſlander mee for an Hypocrite and a Belialiſt. Some render it, O that thou wouldeſt ſlay them! in as much as they hate mee for my zeal, and forwardneſs to turn the wheel of Juſtice over them, and to give them their due and condign puniſhment; for, for mine own part, I cannot abide them, but bid them Avaunt, with
Depart from mee, yee bloody men] Yee that dare to deſtroy ſo goodly a peece of Gods handy work as man is above deſcribed to bee. See Gen. 9.6. Or yee that ſeek to double undo mee; firſt by detraction and then by deadly practice. See Ezek. 22.9. In thee are men that carry tales to ſhed blood.
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