Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 7. Let him be condemned ] [r axy yetse rasha. "Let him come out a wicked man;" that is let his wickedness be made manifest.
Let his prayer become sin. ] Thus paraphrased by Calmet: "Let him be accused, convicted, and condemned, and let the defense which he brings for his justification only serve to deepen his guilt, and hasten his condemnation." I once more apprise the reader, that if these are not the words of David's enemies against himself, (see on ver. 20,) they are prophetic denunciations against a rebellious and apostate person or people, hardened in crime, and refusing to return to God.
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 בהשׁפטו8199 יצא3318 רשׁע7563 ותפלתו8605 תהיה1961 לחטאה׃2401
