Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 35:21
Wide — To pour forth whole floods of scoffs and slanders. ha — An expression of joy and triumph. Our eye — What we have long desired and hoped for.
Wide — To pour forth whole floods of scoffs and slanders. ha — An expression of joy and triumph. Our eye — What we have long desired and hoped for.
Verse Psalms 35:21. _THEY OPENED THEIR MOUTH WIDE_] Gaped upon me to express their contempt. AND _SAID, AHA, AHA, OUR EYE HATH SEEN_ IT.] They said, האח האח _heach, heach_, the last syllable in each...
YEA, THEY OPENED THEIR MOUTH WIDE AGAINST ME - See the notes at Psalms 22:13. AND SAID, AHA, AHA! - See Psalms 40:15; Psalms 70:3. The language is that which we
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...
OPENED THEIR MOUTH. Implying contempt. AHA, AHA. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6), for emphasis. See Psalms 40:15; Psalms 70:3. Compare Mark 15:29. HATH SEEN. Implying delight in so doing....
And they open … a gesture of contempt (Isaiah 57:4), rather than of murderous intent (Psalms 35:25): they say, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen: seen its desire, seen the fall of the man whose rise excited...
Renewed prayer in a somewhat calmer tone....
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...
_YEA, THEY OPENED THEIR MOUTH WIDE AGAINST ME, AND SAID, AHA, AHA, OUR EYE HATH SEEN IT._ Our eye hath seen it - namely, the destruction of the godly sufferer, which we long desired to see (Psalms 35...
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...
OPENED THEIR MOUTH] in contempt. HATH SEEN _it_] i.e. the fulfilment of their wicked desires....
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...
וַ יַּרְחִ֥יבוּ עָלַ֗י פִּ֫יהֶ֥ם אָ֭מְרוּ הֶאָ֣ח...
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...
AN APPEAL TO THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE Psalms 35:18 Psalms 35:20 : “The Quiet in the Land” was the title adopted by holy men and women in Germany, during long dark days when religion was under an eclipse....
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...
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, [and] said, Aha, aha, (q) our eye hath seen [it]. (q) They rejoiced as though they had now seen David overthrown....
Reader! recollect the peaceable temper and meekness of Jesus: recollect the temper of his apostles and followers: recollect in all ages, and even now ask, what is the temper and pursuit of God's peopl...
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...
YEA, THEY OPENED THEIR MOUTH WIDE AGAINST ME,.... In laughter, scorn, and derision; see Psalms 22:7; [AND] SAID, AHA, AHA: a word expressive of joy; and the doubling it shows the greatness of it; OU...
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, [and] said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen [it]. Ver. 21. _They opened their mouth_] As if the very banks of blasphemy had been broken down. _ Our eye hath...
_Neither let them wink with the eye_ That is, mock me, or insult over me, as this phrase signifies. _For they speak not peace_ They are enemies to all peaceable counsels; they breathe out nothing but...
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Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, in a gesture of contempt, AND SAID, AHA, AHA! OUR EYE HATH SEEN IT, namely, the gratification of their hopes that the believer would be in trouble....
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...
THEY OPENED THEIR MOUTH WIDE AGAINST ME; either, 1. To devour me. It is a metaphor taken from wild beasts, when they come within reach of their prey. Or; 2. To pour forth whole floods of scoffs, and...
Psalms 35:21 mouth H6310 wide H7337 (H8686) said H559 (H8804) Aha H1889 aha H1889 eyes H5869 seen...
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...
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...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 35:19 The pursuers scheme (WINK THE EYE), particularly against the hardworking faithful (THOSE WHO ARE QUIET IN THE LAND). In...
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...
Isaiah 9:12; Luke 11:53; Luke 11:54; Psalms 22:13; Psalms 40:15;...