| Geneva Study Bible Let his days be few; and let another take his {e} office. (e) This was chiefly accomplished in Judas, Ac 1:20. King James Translators' Notes office: or, charge Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 8. The opposite blessing is long life (Ps 91:16; Pr 3:2). The last clause is quoted as to Judas by Peter (Ac 1:20). office-literally, "charge," Septuagint, and Peter, "oversight" [1Pe 5:2]. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 109:6-20 The Lord Jesus may speak here as a Judge, denouncing sentence on some of his enemies, to warn others. When men reject the salvation of Christ, even their prayers are numbered among their sins. See what hurries some to shameful deaths, and brings the families and estates of others to ruin; makes them and theirs despicable and hateful, and brings poverty, shame, and misery upon their posterity: it is sin, that mischievous, destructive thing. And what will be the effect of the sentence, Go, ye cursed, upon the bodies and souls of the wicked! How it will affect the senses of the body, and the powers of the soul, with pain, anguish, horror, and despair! Think on these things, sinners, tremble and repent. |