Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 6. Let Satan stand at his right hand. ] As the word f satan means an adversary simply, though sometimes it is used to express the evil spirit Satan, I think it best to preserve here its grammatical meaning: "Let an adversary stand at his right hand:" i.e., Let him be opposed and thwarted in all his purposes.
All the Versions have devil, or some equivocal word. The ARABIC has eblees, the chief of the apostate spirits; but the name is probably corrupted from the GREEK diabolov diabolos; from which the LATIN diabolus. the ITALIAN diavolo, the SPANISH diablo, the FRENCH diable, the IRISH or CELTIC diabal, the DUTCH duivel, the GERMAN teufel, the ANGLO-SAXON deofal, and the ENGLISH devil, are all derived. The original, diabolov, comes from dia ballein to shoot or pierce through.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 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, an brings poverty, shame, and misery upon their posterity: it is sin, tha mischievous, destructive thing. And what will be the effect of the sentence, "God, ye cursed," upon the bodies and souls of the wicked! Ho 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.
Original Hebrew הפקד6485 עליו5921 רשׁע7563 ושׂטן7854 יעמד5975 על5921 ימינו׃3225
