Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 23:21
And Saul said, Blessed [be] ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
Whilst others harden their hearts against me, and join with David in his treasonable conspiracy, you show your pity to me by your readiness to help me.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And Saul said, blessed [be] ye of the Lord,…. He highly commends them for the offer they made to him, blesses God for them, and desires the blessing of God upon them for it:
for ye have compassion on me; pitied him on account of the troubles he met with from his son-in-law, were sorry for him, and sympathized with him, which others did not, of which he complained, 1Sa 22:8.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
For this treachery Saul blessed them: “ Be blessed of the Lord, that ye have compassion upon me.” In his evil conscience he suspected David of seeking to become his murderer, and therefore thanked God in his delusion that the Ziphites had had compassion upon him, and shown him David’s hiding-place.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
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.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
1Sa 22:8, Jdg 17:2, Psa 10:3, Isa 66:5, Mic 3:11
Reciprocal: Gen 20:13 – This 1Sa 17:50 – So David prevailed 1Sa 24:19 – the Lord 2Sa 2:5 – Blessed 2Sa 17:4 – the saying Psa 10:10 – humbleth
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
23:21 And Saul said, {g} Blessed [be] ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
(g) the Lord recompense this friendship.