Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Psalms 35:23
Verse Psalms 35:23. Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment] I have delivered my cause into thy hand, and appeal to thee as my Judge; and by thy decision I am most willing to abide.
Verse Psalms 35:23. Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment] I have delivered my cause into thy hand, and appeal to thee as my Judge; and by thy decision I am most willing to abide.
STIR UP THYSELF - Arouse thyself as if from sleep. See Psalms 44:23. AND AWAKE TO MY JUDGMENT - To execute judgment for me, or to render me justice. A similar petition (almost in the same words) occur...
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...
JUDGMENT. vindication. MY GOD AND MY LORD. Compare John 20:28. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. LORD. Hebrew Adonai. App-4....
Renewed prayer in a somewhat calmer tone....
Arouse and awake for my judgement, _O my God and my Lord, for my cause._ Interpose to do me justice, and defend my cause. Cp. Psalms 35:1, and see note on Psalms 7:6....
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...
_STIR UP THYSELF, AND AWAKE TO MY JUDGMENT, EVEN UNTO MY CAUSE, MY GOD AND MY LORD._ Awake ... - awake to vindicate my right and plead my cause (Psalms 9:4; Psalms 18:2)....
MY JUDGMENT] the vindication of my just 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...
STIR UP THYSELF. — Comp. Psalms 7:6....
הָעִ֣ירָה וְ֭ הָקִיצָה לְ מִשְׁפָּטִ֑י אֱלֹהַ֖י...
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...
Christ is frequently in scripture represented as longing for the year of his redeemed, before his coming; and both Christ and the Church longing also for his second coming to be glorified in his saint...
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...
STIR UP THYSELF AND AWAKE,.... Who seemed to be asleep in the apprehensions of the psalmist, and to take no notice of his distresses, and the insults of his enemies; see Psalms 44:23; he adds, TO MY...
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, [even] unto my cause, my God and my Lord. Ver. 23. _Stir up thyself and awake_] This is the same in effect with the beginning of the psalm; to show his ardo...
_Thou hast seen, O Lord_ As they say they have seen, so my comfort is, that thou also hast seen, and dost observe all their plots and threats, and all my distresses and calamities, which I suffer for...
EARNEST PRAYER FOR RELIEF...
Stir up Thyself, rousing Himself, as though from sleep, making ready for energetic action, AND AWAKE TO MY JUDGMENT, EVEN UNTO MY CAUSE, namely, to establish it as just, to vindicate him, MY GOD AND M...
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...
At last undertake to plead my cause against mine adversaries....
Psalms 35:23 up H5782 (H8685) awake H6974 (H8685) vindication H4941 cause H7379 God H430 Lord H136 St
HE CALLS ON GOD TO VINDICATE HIM, BY PUNISHING THOSE WHO ARE AGAINST HIM, AND BY REWARDING THOSE WHO TAKE UP HIS CAUSE, AT WHICH POINT HE WILL MAKE KNOWN TO ALL WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR HIM (PSALMS 35:22...
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 35:22 Asking God to BE NOT SILENT (as if he were indifferent toward evil) but AWAKE AND ROUSE YOURSELF (as if he were asleep) shows how urgent the singer feels the situation to be...
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 51:9; John 20:28; Psalms 44:23; Psalms 7:6; Psalms 80:2;...
Awake — To plead my cause against mine adversaries....