Commentaries and Other Bible Study Helps - Prayer Tents - Prayer Tents

109:21-29 Deliver Me from Their Accusations. The next section asks for God's protection from the attacks, and for the accusers to be disgraced (v. 29), i.e., to be rendered ineffective in their power to intimidate and harm. The appeal is to God's steadfast love (vv. 21, 26) and to the singer's own powerlessness (vv. 22-25). The ideal would be for the accusers to know that this is God's hand; this will put them to shame and might even lead to their repentance (cf. 83:17-18).