Thomas Aquinas, on Ps 34:19

“Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: who have hated me without cause, and wink with the eyes.”

“"Let them not rejoice over me, my enemies." Here the fruit on the part of the enemies is set forth, where he asks that their exultation be repressed. And first, he sets forth this fruit. Second, he sets forth the root of insult, at "they are hostile." Third, he sets forth the stirring up of the root, at "You have seen, O Lord." He says therefore, "Let them not rejoice," as if to say: I ask to be restored, so that they may not rejoice over me as though conquering me. And this, because when Christ was raised, their joy was turned into confusion. Or, "let them not rejoice over me" in my members, who are not weighty, because they are sustained by Christ. Mic. 7: "Do not rejoice, my enemy." "They are hostile." Here he sets forth the cause of insult. The cause and root of insult is threefold: on the part of the heart, of deed, and of mouth. On the part of deed, "let them rejoice who are hostile unjustly." If they were hostile for the sake of justice and rejoiced, it would be good and just; but because they rejoice unjustly, it is unbecoming. Ps. 35: "He has meditated iniquity on his bed." On the part of the heart, it is undeserved hatred; hence he says, "and those who hate me without cause," that is, without reason. Ps. 119: "When I spoke to them, they attacked me without cause." Jn. 15: "That the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law: They hated me without cause." Ps. 37: "They repaid evil for good." Also the hatred of dissemblers, because with hatred in their heart, "they wink with their eyes." This in two ways. In one way, to show the concealment of their hatred, as if winking to indicate that they loved him. Or they winked at each other with their eyes, inciting one another to evil. Prov. 6: "An apostate man, a useless man."”

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