Gathered — They were so full of joy, that they could not contain it in their own breasts, but sought to communicate it to others. Abjects — Or, vile persons, either for the meanness of their condition, or for their wickedness. Knew not — While I had no suspicion of them. Tear me — My good name with calumnies, and reproaches and curses.
Verse Psalms 35:15. _BUT IN MINE ADVERSITY THEY REJOICED_] How David was mocked and insulted in the case of Absalom's rebellion by Shimei and others, is well known. _THE ABJECTS_] נכים _nechim_, the...
BUT IN MINE ADVERSITY THEY REJOICED - Margin, as in Hebrew, “halting.” That is, when reverses and troubles came upon me; when, in my journey of life, I seemed to stumble. AND GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGE...
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...
ADVERSITY. halting or falling. Compare Psalms 38:17; Jeremiah 20:10. ABJECTS. outcasts. IT. Supply _Ellipsis_ (App-6), by reading "[them]". TEAR ME. Hebrew. _kar'u_ (with Ayin. '). Spelled with Alep...
But at my halting they rejoice, and gather themselves together. Limping, like stumbling, is a figure for misfortune. Cp. Psalms 38:17; Jeremiah 20:10. Yea, _the abjects_ The word rendered _abjects_is...
The causelessness of the Psalmist's persecution and the ingratitude of his persecutors are urged as reasons for God's interference on his behalf....
BUT IN MINE ADVERSITY THEY REJOICED, &C.— _But in my halting they rejoiced, and gathered together; they gathered about me, crouching, when I did not know it; they rent me without ceasing:_ Psalms 35:1...
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...
_BUT IN MINE ADVERSITY THEY REJOICED, AND GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER: YEA, THE ABJECTS GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER AGAINST ME, AND I KNEW IT NOT; THEY DID TEAR ME, AND CEASED NOT:_ In mine adversi...
35:15 slanderers (c-11) Or 'base ones.' [it] (d-20) Or 'them.'...
ABJECTS] the most worthless outcasts: see Job 30:1; Job 30:8; AND I KNEW _it_ NOT] RM 'and those whom I knew not.'...
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...
IN MINE ADVERSITY. — Better, _at my fall._ THE ABJECTS... — The Hebrew word occurs only here. It is derived from a root meaning _to smite,_ but its form is perplexing. The ancient versions all give i...
וּ בְ צַלְעִי֮ שָׂמְח֪וּ וְֽ נֶאֱ֫סָ֥פוּ נֶאֶ
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...
But in mine (m) adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: [yea], the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; they did tear (n) [me], and ceased not: (m)...
Look at the cross, and behold this most strikingly fulfilled. Where indeed shall we look for it in the affliction of any other? Matthew 27:39....
15._But they rejoiced at my halting. _I see no reason why interpreters should trouble themselves as they do about the word _halting. _Some conjecture that David had his leg put out of joint, and other...
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...
BUT IN MINE ADVERSITY THEY REJOICED,.... Or "at my halting" u, either by means of falling into sin; good men are subject to slips and falls, and that to the dislocating or breaking of their bones, whi...
But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: [yea], the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; they did tear [me], and ceased not: Ver. 15. _B...
_But in mine adversity_ Hebrew, בצלעי, _betzalgni, in my halting_, that is, when I was in great danger of falling into mischief. When I had any sickness or ill success in my affairs, and was almost lo...
But in mine adversity, his halting, lameness, said of any deep distress, THEY REJOICED, AND GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER, to witness the spectacle of his great trouble; YEA, THE ABJECTS, contemptible,...
THE HYPOCRISY AND MALICE OF THE WICKED...
ADVERSITY: _ Heb._ halting...
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...
IN MINE ADVERSITY, Heb. _in my halting_, i.e. when I was in great danger of falling into mischief; when I had any sickness, or ill success in my affairs, and was almost lost; for such are said to halt...
Psalms 35:15 adversity H6761 rejoiced H8055 (H8804) together H622 (H8738) Attackers H5222 gathered H622 (H8738) know
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 Corinthians 13:6; Acts 17:5; Jeremiah 20:10; Job 16:9; Job 30:1;...