1. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? The enemies of David were a numerous and united band, and because they
so unanimously condemned the persecuted one they were apt to take it for
granted that their verdict was a fight one. “What everybody says must be true” is a lying proverb. Yet the persecuted one requires his judges to
answer whether or not they were acting according to justice. It were well if
people would sometimes pause, and candidly consider this. Some of those who
surrounded Saul were rather passive than active persecutors; they held their
tongues when the object of royal hate was slandered; in the original, this
first sentence appears to be addressed to them, and they are asked to justify
their silence. Silence gives consent. Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? You too are only men, though dressed in a little brief authority. Have
you not put aside all truth when you have condemned the godly and united in
seeking the overthrow of the innocent? Be not too sure of success, for there is
a God who can and will reverse your verdicts.
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