Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Psalms 35:11
False witnesses, literally, "witnesses of violence," did rise up, with unjust accusations; they laid to my charge things that I knew not, of which he knew himself to be innocent.
False witnesses, literally, "witnesses of violence," did rise up, with unjust accusations; they laid to my charge things that I knew not, of which he knew himself to be innocent.
Verse Psalms 35:11. _FALSE WITNESSES DID RISE UP_] There is no doubt that several of this kind were found to depose against the life of David; and we know that the wicked Jews employed such against th...
FALSE WITNESSES DID RISE UP - Margin, “witnesses of wrong.” The Hebrew is, “witnesses of “violence,”” חמס _châmâs_. That is, they were persons who, in what they said of me, were guilty of injustice...
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 ...
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...
FALSE WITNESSES. "Many of them". Compare Matthew 26:60; Matthew 26:61; Matthew 27:40; Mark 14:55....
The causelessness of the Psalmist's persecution and the ingratitude of his persecutors are urged as reasons for God's interference on his behalf....
_False witnesses_ Rather, unrighteous, or, malicious, witnesses rise up; lit., _witnesses of violence_, as in Exodus 23:1; Deuteronomy 19:16. Cp. Psalms 27:12 (A.V. _cruelty_). _they laid to my charge...
FALSE WITNESSES DID RISE UP, &C.— _False witnesses will arise;_ so the Hebrew speaks in the future; and the verbs in the two next periods are also future; to intimate that the prophet was speaking of...
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...
_FALSE WITNESSES DID RISE UP; THEY LAID TO MY CHARGE THINGS THAT I KNEW NOT._ The second strophe, in which the sufferer complains of the malice of his enemies (Psalms 35:11), in order to move the comp...
35:11 witnesses (a-2) Lit. 'witnesses of violence,' as Deuteronomy 19:16 . charge (b-9) Or 'question me about.'...
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...
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...
יְ֭קוּמוּן עֵדֵ֣י חָמָ֑ס אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא ־יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי...
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...
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...
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...
(i) False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge [things] that I knew not. (i) That would not permit me to purge myself....
_Mercy and justice, are here of the same import. (Bellarmine) (Muis) --- Deliver us from captivity, and extend thy mercies to all thy people. (Calmet) --- Heart. Many who have sufficient learning, are...
I do not think it enough to prove that these words were spoken in a spirit of prophecy, wholly referring to Christ; but I would desire the Reader to remark, with me, the gracious love of the Holy Ghos...
11._Violent witnesses _(709) _rise up. _The Hebrew is, _they shall rise up; _but in using the future tense, the Psalmist intimates that he is speaking of what he had suffered for a long time. And he c...
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...
FALSE WITNESSES DID RISE UP,.... Against David, saying he sought the hurt of Saul, 1 Samuel 24:9, as did against David's antitype, the Lord Jesus Christ, Matthew 26:59; and against his apostles, Acts...
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge [things] that I knew not. Ver. 11. _False witnesses did rise up_] So they did afterward against the Lord Christ and sundry of his faithful servants...
_They laid to my charge things I knew not_ They accused me to Saul of treacherous designs against his crown and life, and of other crimes of which I was wholly innocent and ignorant. _They rewarded me...
FALSE WITNESSES: _ Heb._ Witnesses of wrong THEY LAID: _ Heb._ they asked me...
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...
They accused me to Saul of treachery and designs against his crown and life, and other crimes whereof I was wholly innocent and ignorant....
Psalms 35:11 Fierce H2555 witnesses H5707 up H6965 (H8799) ask H7592 (H8799) know H3045 (H8804) Fal
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)....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 24:9; 1 Samuel 25:10; Acts 24:12; Acts 24:13; Acts 24:5;...