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Verse Psalms 35:17. _MY DARLING_] יחידתי _yechidathi, my only
one_, Psalms 22:20. _My united one_, or _He that is alone_. Perhaps
this may relate to Christ. Psalms 22:20....
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LORD, HOW LONG WILT THOU LOOK ON? - How long wilt thou witness this
without interposing to deliver me, and to punish those who treat me
thus? God saw it all. He was able to save him that was thus pers...
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Psalms 35
The Cry for Justice and Divine Help
_ 1. The cry of distress (Psalms 35:1)_
2. The contrast? (Psalms 35:11)
3. Prayer for vindication and victory ...
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XXXV. PRAYER AGAINST TREACHEROUS FOES BY ONE WHO IS QUIET IN THE LAND.
Psalms 35:6_ b_ should replace Psalms 35:5_ b_. Chaff driven before
the wind may well suggest the image of the angel pursuing th...
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LORD*. The primitive text was Jehovah. App-4. Altered to "Adonai" by
the _Sopherim._ See App-32.
MY DARLING. My only one. See note on Psalms 22:20.
FROM THE LIONS. Compare Psalms 22:13; Psalms 22:16....
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The causelessness of the Psalmist's persecution and the ingratitude of
his persecutors are urged as reasons for God's interference on his
behalf....
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A cry for help, and a vow of thanksgiving....
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_wilt thou look on_ Lit. _wilt thou see_, as in Psalms 35:22, and not
interfere. A.V. gives the sense rightly.
_rescue my soul_ Restore, lit., _bring back_, my life, for it is all
but lost.
_my darli...
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MY DARLING— _My solitary one._ See Psalms 22:20....
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PSALMS 35
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Prayers against Open and Concealed Enemies,
followed by Promises of Praise.
ANALYSIS
Three irregular stanzas. Stanza I., Psalms 35:1-10, An Indignant
Imprecatory prayer...
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35:17 one (f-16) See Psalms 22:20 ....
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This is a prayer for the defeat and destruction of malignant enemies,
whom the Psalmist has formerly befriended, and who now treat him with
ungrateful cruelty. The circumstances are partly similar to...
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MY DARLING] equivalent to 'my soul': see on Psalms 22:20....
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Psalms 1:41
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the *
before a word to show an explanation.
The translated Bible tex...
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DARLING... see margin and Note to Psalms 22:20.
THE LIONS is another suitable epithet for the hostile foreign party,
so bitter against the genuine Israelite....
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אֲדֹנָי֮ כַּ מָּ֪ה תִּ֫רְאֶ֥ה
הָשִׁ֣יבָה נַ֭פְשִׁי...
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Psalms 35:1
THE psalmist's life is in danger. He is the victim of ungrateful
hatred. False accusations of crimes that he never dreamed of are
brought against him. He professes innocence, and appeals t...
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RESCUING THE POOR AND NEEDY
Psalms 35:1
This psalm dates from the Sauline persecution, or else from the
disturbed condition of the kingdom in David's later years. Each of the
three divisions into whi...
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There is agony in this song. The singer is sore beset with enemies.
They are striving with him, fighting against him. They are plotting
against him, treacherously spreading a net for his feet. He crie...
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We have a similar cry delivered concerning Christ, by the spirit of
prophecy, Psalms 22:20....
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17._O Lord! how long wilt thou look on? _The meaning of the word which
I have translated _how long, _is ambiguous in the Hebrew. In Latin it
signifies, How long wilt thou see it, and suffer it without...
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Psalms 35 is an urgent appeal for the judgment of Jehovah against
relentless and insidious persecutors who seek after the soul of the
righteous. Insult, craft, violence, all were used against him. The...
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LORD, HOW LONG WILT THOU LOOK ON?.... And behold these injuries and
insults, and not arise to help and save? The psalmist firmly believed
the omniscience of God, and was well assured he saw all that w...
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_Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their
destructions, my darling from the lions._
Ver. 17. _Lord, how long wilt thou look on?_] _i.e._ Carry thyself as
a spectator of my miseries...
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_Lord, how long wilt thou look on_ Like an idle spectator, without
affording me any pity or help? _Rescue my soul from their
destructions_ Be pleased, at length, to vindicate my innocence from
those w...
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THE HYPOCRISY AND MALICE OF THE WICKED...
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Lord, how long wilt Thou look on? namely, without doing something to
effect deliverance for him. Rescue my soul from their destruction, my
darling, literally, "my only one," FROM THE LIONS, from the w...
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MY DARLING:
_ Heb._ my only one...
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17-28 Though the people of God are, and study to be, quiet, yet it
has been common for their enemies to devise deceitful matters against
them. David prays, My soul is in danger, Lord, rescue it; it b...
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LOOK ON, like an idle spectator, without affording me any pity or
help. _My darling_, to wit, MY SOUL, as it is in the former clause.
Heb. _my only one_; which is now left alone and forsaken by my
fri...
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Psalms 35:17 Lord H136 on H7200 (H8799) Rescue H7725 (H8685) me H5315
destructions H7722 precious H3173 lions...
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CONCERNED BY HOW LONG HIS AFFLICTION IS GOING ON HE POINTS OUT HOW
FALSE THEIR ACCUSATIONS ARE AND ASKS FOR DELIVERANCE FROM THEIR
ATTEMPTS TO BRING HIM DOWN (PSALMS 35:17). .
Psalms 35:17
‘Lord, ho...
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MY DARLING
Hebrew, "my only one." (Psalms 22:20)....
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CONTENTS: An appeal to heaven for the confusion of enemies.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: The most righteous men and the most righteous causes may
expect to meet with many mighty and malicious...
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Psalms 35:1. _Fight against them._ This is another martial ode, or war
song, in which David prays for victory over the army of Saul that came
to fight against him, and for confusion to those about the...
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_Lord, how long wilt Thou look on?_
HOW LONG
This was David’s cry in his distress.
I. A trying experience. David did not doubt that the Lord saw his
trouble. He did not say, “My way is hid from the...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 35:1. This psalm shows how the faithful
should pray when they know that hateful people are seeking to harm
them. It explains the persecutors’ evil schemes and asks God to
fi...
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INTRODUCTION
“This psalm, If It be as the inscription tells us a psalm of David,
must have been composed either during his persecution by Saul or
during the revolt of Absalom. It is usual to connect i...
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EXPOSITION
A PSALM ascribed to David by the title, and with many characteristics
of his early style—abrupt, impassioned, full of lively and graphic
images, and full of transitions The picture which th...
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Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against
them that fight against me. Take hold of shield and buckler, stand up
for my help. Draw out also the spear, and stop the way agains...
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Habakkuk 1:13; Psalms 10:14; Psalms 13:1; Psalms 13:2; Psalms 142:6;...
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Look on — Without affording me pity or help. Darling — My soul,
Heb. my only one; which is now left alone and forsaken by my friends,
and hath none to trust in but God....