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Verse Psalms 35:13. _WHEN THEY WERE SICK_] This might refer to the
case of Absalom, who was much beloved of his father, and for whose
life and prosperity he no doubt often prayed, wept, and fasted....
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BUT AS FOR ME - The psalmist now contrasts their conduct with his own.
He refers to the recollections of his past life, and to the acts of
kindness which he had shown to them in thees of trouble, as m...
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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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CLOTHING, &C. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, put, by
Symbol, for feelings of sorrow.
WITH FASTING. in the Fast: i.e. on the great Day of Atonement
(Leviticus 16)...
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The -good" he had done to them. His sympathy when they were in trouble
was no mere formality. He prayed for their recovery, humbling himself
before God with mourning and fasting (Psalms 69:10-11; 2 Sa...
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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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DISCOURSE: 556
COMPASSION TO THE SICK
Psalms 35:13._ As for me, when they were sick, my clothing was
sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into
my own bosom. I behaved mys...
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AND MY PRAYER RETURNED INTO MINE OWN BOSOM— _And my prayer rested,_
or _settled in my bosom; i.e._ "I was never without a prayer for them
in my breast;" for it would be odd, says Mudge, to talk of pra...
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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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_BUT AS FOR ME, WHEN THEY WERE SICK, MY CLOTHING WAS SACKCLOTH: I
HUMBLED MY SOUL WITH FASTING; AND MY PRAYER RETURNED INTO MINE OWN
BOSOM._
When they were sick ... I humbled - `afflicted' (cf. Isaia...
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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 PRAYER RETURNED] better, 'shall return.' The blessing, withheld
from the unworthy, will come back to the Psalmist himself: cp. Luke
10:6....
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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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AND MY PRAYER RETURNED INTO MINE OWN BOSOM. — This has been most
variously explained. The context evidently implies something done for
the benefit of the whilome friends for whom, in their sickne...
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וַ אֲנִ֤י ׀ בַּ חֲלֹותָ֡ם לְב֬וּשִׁי
שָׂ֗ק עִ
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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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But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth: I
humbled my soul with fasting; and (l) my prayer returned into mine own
bosom.
(l) I prayed for them with inward affection, as I woul...
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Literally this is true of Christ. For our sickness was unto death. And
to recover us did not Jesus clothe himself with the sackcloth of
mortality? Did he not fast forty days and forty nights? Did he n...
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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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BUT AS FOR ME, WHEN THEY WERE SICK,.... Or under any disorder or
distress of body or mind, when any misfortune or infirmity attended
them; meaning Saul and his courtiers, before David was persecuted b...
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But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth: I
humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own
bosom.
Ver. 13. _But as for me, when they were sick_] _i.e._ Any...
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_When they were sick_ Or in any other great misery; _my clothing was
sackcloth_ Which was the habit of mourners. _I humbled_ Hebrew, _I
afflicted, my soul with fasting_ And with compassion and fervent...
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THE HYPOCRISY AND MALICE OF THE WICKED...
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But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth, in
sympathetic mourning for their trouble; I HUMBLED MY SOUL WITH
FASTING, in making their sorrow his own; AND MY PRAYER RETURNED INTO
MI...
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HUMBLED:
Or, afflicted...
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11-16 Call a man ungrateful, and you can call him no worse: this was
the character of David's enemies. Herein he was a type of Christ.
David shows how tenderly he had behaved towards them in afflictio...
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SICK; or in any other great misery. SACKCLOTH; which was the habit of
mourners, GENESIS 37:34 MATTHEW 11:21 REVELATION 11:3. I HUMBLED MY
SOUL, Heb. _I afflicted my soul_, (of which phrase see...
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Psalms 35:13 sick H2470 (H8800) clothing H3830 sackcloth H8242 humbled
H6031 (H8765) myself H5315 fasting H6685 pra
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BROUGHT BEFORE THE JUDGES HE IS QUESTIONED ABOUT CRIMES OF WHICH HE
KNOWS NOTHING, AND THAT BY THOSE TO WHOM HE HAD SHOWN NOTHING BUT
KINDNESS WHO ARE NOW DETERMINED TO BRING HIM DOWN (PSALMS 35:11)....
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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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_I humbled my soul with fasting._
THE DUTY OF FASTING
So said David. All God’s faithful children, under every
dispensation, have observed the same rule. So must each one now say,
who hopes for the hi...
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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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1 Kings 21:27; Isaiah 58:3; Isaiah 58:5; Job 30:25; Leviticus 16:29;
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Returned — Although my fastings and prayers did them no good....