PLEAD. Contend, or strive. Note the Figure of speech _Exergasia_ (App-6) in the words "plead", "fight", "take hold", "stand up", "draw out", "stop", "say", &c.; continued in verses: Psalms 35:4; Psalms 35:5. Psalm probably written during and concerning the times of 1Sa 21:24, 1Sa 21:26-27, but it re... [ Continue Reading ]
SHIELD, &C. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._... [ Continue Reading ]
STOP. close up. Some render "battle axe" or "barricade". PERSECUTE. pursue. MY SOUL. me (emph.) Hebrew. _nephesh._... [ Continue Reading ]
WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ THE ANGEL OF THE LORD. See note on Psalms 34:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITHOUT CAUSE. See note on Psalms 35:19. NET IN. PIT: i.e.. pit covered with. net.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL MY BONES. all the members of my body. _Interpretation_ belongs to the speaker. The _Application_ belongs (1) to the O.T. saints (Psalms 139:13), and (2) to the later members referred to in Ephesians 1:22; Ephesians 1:23; Ephesians 2:21; Ephesians 4:4. Note their experiences: Psalms 6:2 (vexed);... [ Continue Reading ]
FALSE WITNESSES. "Many of them". Compare Matthew 26:60; Matthew 26:61; Matthew 27:40; Mark 14:55.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a_. App-44. SPOILING. bereaving.... [ Continue Reading ]
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)... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Aleph (_kar'u)_. it means "cry out". See note on Isaiah 11:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
HYPOCRITICAL MOCKERS IN FEASTS. Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (of Repetition). "hypocrites [at feasts] mocking at the feast". App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD*. The primitive text was Jehovah. App-4. Altered to "Adonai" by the _Sopherim._ See App-32. MY DARLING. My only one. See note on Psalms 22:20. FROM THE LIONS. Compare Psalms 22:13; Psalms 22:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONGREGATION. assembly, or convocation. MUCH. mighty.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT HATE ME. Quoted in John 15:25. WITHOUT. CAUSE. Note the same Greek word there (_dorean_) as in Romans 3:24, rendered "freely", but meaning "without. cause". Compare Psalms 35:7, and Psalms 69:4; Psalms 109:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
DECEITFUL MATTERS. Hebrew "words of frauds".... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU HAST SEEN. Another eye has seen.... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDGMENT. vindication. MY GOD AND MY LORD. Compare John 20:28. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. LORD. Hebrew Adonai. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDGE. Vindicate.... [ Continue Reading ]
WE. our soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13 :. we have our great desire at last.... [ Continue Reading ]
CLOTHED WITH SHAME. Compare Psalms 109:29; Psalms 132:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY RIGHTEOUS CAUSE. my justification.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64.... [ Continue Reading ]