Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 2. The workers of iniquity ] Principally Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian; who were the chief enemies of the poor returned captives.
Bloody men. ] The above, who sought the destruction of the Israelites; and particularly, that of Nehemiah, whom four several times they endeavoured to bring into an ambush, that they might take away his life. See Neh. vi. 1-4.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-7 - In these words we hear the voice of David when a prisoner in his ow house; the voice of Christ when surrounded by his merciless enemies the voice of the church when under bondage in the world; and the voic of the Christian when under temptation, affliction, and persecution And thus earnestly should we pray daily, to be defended and delivere from our spiritual enemies, the temptations of Satan, and the corruptions of our own hearts. We should fear suffering as evil-doers but not be ashamed of the hatred of workers of iniquity. It is no strange, if those regard not what they themselves say, who have mad themselves believe that God regards not what they say. And where ther is no fear of God, there is nothing to secure proper regard to man.
Original Hebrew הצילני5337 מפעלי6466 און205 ומאנשׁי582 דמים1818 הושׁיעני׃3467
