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1Sa_23:21 And Saul said, Blessed [be] ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
Ver. 21. Blessed be ye of the Lord.] God was much in this hypocrite’s mouth, but far from his reins: {Jer_12:3} he abuseth that majestic and tremendous name of his, to palliate his cruel purpose of killing David. See the like done by those impudent hypocrites in Isa_66:5. But this blessing pronounced by Saul upon the Ziphites was not worth a button to them: nay, it came doubtless as a curse into their bowels, {Psa_109:18} whilst thereby they were heartened and hardened in their sin.
For ye have compassion on me.] A flatterer is åõéïõò óöáêôçò , saith one; that is, a kind murderer: a cur-dog, saith another, that sucketh a man’s blood only with licking.