Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 4. I said unto the fools ] I have given the idolatrous Chaldeans sufficient warning to abandon their idols, and worship the true God; but they would not. I have also charged the wicked, to whom for a season I have delivered you because of your transgressions, not to lift up their horn-not to use their power to oppress and destroy. They have, notwithstanding, abused their power in the persecutions with which they have afflicted you. For all these things they shall shortly be brought to an awful account. On the term horn, see the note on Luke i. 69.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-5 - We often pray for mercy, when in pursuit of it; and shall we only onc or twice give thanks, when we obtain it? God shows that he is nigh to us in what we call upon him for. Public trusts are to be manage uprightly. This may well be applied to Christ and his government. Man' sin threatened to destroy the whole creation; but Christ saved the world from utter ruin. He who is made of God to us wisdom, bids us be wise. To the proud, daring sinners he says, Boast not of your power persist not in contempt. All the present hopes and future happiness of the human race spring from the Son of God.
Original Hebrew אמרתי559 להוללים1984 אל408 תהלו1984 ולרשׁעים7563 אל408 תרימו7311 קרן׃7161
