I will give thee thanks ... - That is, When I am delivered I will publicly express my gratitude and joy. Compare Psalms 22:25; Psalms 18:49.
I will praise thee among much people - Margin, “strong.” So the Hebrew. The idea here is, “strong in respect to numbers;” that is, when a large body of people should be assembled together.
Verse Psalms 35:18. _I WILL GIVE THEE THANKS IN THE GREAT CONGREGATION_] I hope to be able to attend at the tabernacle with thy followers, and there publicly express my gratitude for the deliverance t...
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...
CONGREGATION. assembly, or convocation. MUCH. mighty....
Another parallel to Psalms 2 2vv22, 25. Cp. Psalms 40:9-10. _much people_ Or, _a mighty people_(R.V. marg.). The publicity of the thanksgiving is the point....
A cry for help, and a vow of thanksgiving....
The causelessness of the Psalmist's persecution and the ingratitude of his persecutors are urged as reasons for God's interference on his behalf....
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...
_I WILL GIVE THEE THANKS IN THE GREAT CONGREGATION: I WILL PRAISE THEE AMONG MUCH PEOPLE._ I will give thee thanks. This promised thanks, giving at the close of the middle strophe answers to the simi...
35:18 people. (g-16) Or 'in the midst of a great (or mighty) people.'...
IN THE GREAT CONGREGATION] The Psalmist looks for a public vindication of his cause....
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...
אֹ֭ודְךָ בְּ קָהָ֣ל רָ֑ב בְּ עַ֖ם עָצ֣וּם
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...
Reader! do not overlook, I pray you, the tenderness of the blessed Jesus, and his love to his people, even in the deepest sufferings. And do not forget that this congregation is his brethren. For conf...
18._I will magnify thee in the great congregation. _In this verse David again engages to give thanks to God for all his goodness, since the faithful can render him no other recompense than the sacrifi...
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...
I WILL GIVE THEE THANKS IN THE GREAT CONGREGATION,.... This is the resolution the psalmist came unto; the promise he made, that should he be delivered from his enemies, he would give God thanks in the...
I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. Ver. 18. _I will give thee thanks in the great congregation_] For example's sake to others; for _Magnates magn...
_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...
I will give Thee thanks in the great congregation, paying his vows of thanksgiving with all the other believers; I WILL PRAISE THEE AMONG MUCH PEOPLE, people. of numbers and might. The congregation of...
THE HYPOCRISY AND MALICE OF THE WICKED...
MUCH: _ Heb._ strong...
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...
When I shall be restored to the liberty of the public assemblies and solemn feasts....
Psalms 35:18 thanks H3034 (H8686) great H7227 assembly H6951 praise H1984 (H8762) many H6099 people H5971...
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...
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...
Hebrews 2:12; Isaiah 25:3; Psalms 111:1; Psalms 116:14; Psalms 116:18
I will — When I shall be restored to the liberty of the publick assemblies....