Psalms 9:13

Verse 13. Their, may be omitted, as it would seem to refer to the Gentiles. God declares that he will demand the blood of all that shed it without authority. Genesis 9:5. Bible.—He had punished the Chanaanites, and so forth for their cruelty, as he did afterwards the persecutors of his Church. If the names of Herod, Nero, and so forth be infamous in history for their sanquinary proceedings, they are not less so on account of the judgments which God exercised upon them, even in this world. Calmet. See Lact. de Mort. Persec. Bible.—God avengeth the blood of his martyrs. Worthington.