Let them shout for joy, and be glad, (x) that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the (y) prosperity of his servant.
(x) That at least favour my right, though they are not able to help me.
(y) He exhorts the Church to praise God for the deliverance of his servants, and for the destruction of his adversaries.
Verse Psalms 35:27. _LET THEM SHOUT FOR JOY AND BE GLAD_] While my enemies are confounded, let my friends exult in the Lord; and let them all praise him for his marvellous kindness to me....
LET THEM SHOUT FOR JOY - That is, Let me be delivered; let my friends see that God is on my side, and that they have occasion to rejoice in his merciful interposition in my behalf. THAT FAVOR MY RIGH...
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...
MY RIGHTEOUS CAUSE. my justification....
Renewed prayer in a somewhat calmer tone....
Cp. Psalms 40:16. _that favour my righteous cause_ Lit. _that delight in my righteousness;_that welcome the vindication of my innocence. _which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant_ More ex...
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...
_LET THEM SHOUT FOR JOY, AND BE GLAD, THAT FAVOUR MY RIGHTEOUS CAUSE: YEA, LET THEM SAY CONTINUALLY, LET THE LORD BE MAGNIFIED, WHICH HATH PLEASURE IN THE PROSPERITY OF HIS SERVANT._ Let them shout f...
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...
יָרֹ֣נּוּ וְ יִשְׂמְחוּ֮ חֲפֵצֵ֪י צִ֫דְקִ֥י וְ...
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...
27._Let those who favor my righteous cause rejoice and be glad. _These two expressions, which are rendered in the optative mood, might have been translated with equal propriety in the future tense; bu...
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...
LET THEM SHOUT FOR JOY, AND BE GLAD, THAT FAVOUR MY RIGHTEOUS CAUSE,.... The cause of David was a righteous cause, he having done no iniquity, or anything criminal against Saul his enemy, who persecut...
Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. Ver. 27. _Let them...
_Let them not say, Ah! so would we have it_ Hebrew, _Aha, our soul;_ an expression of mirth, as before, Psalms 35:21, or, _Aha_, we have _our wish_, or _desire. We have swallowed him up_ David is now...
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Let them shout for joy and be glad that favor my righteous cause, or, who delight in my righteousness, glad that he should have his right; YEA, LET THEM SAY CONTINUALLY, LET THE LORD BE, MAGNIFIED, WH...
MY RIGHTEOUS CAUSE: _ Heb._ my righteousness...
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...
THAT FAVOUR MY RIGHTEOUS CAUSE; that wish well to it, although they want either strength or courage to plead it. MAGNIFIED, i.e. exalted and praised for his righteousness, and truth, and goodness mani...
Psalms 35:27 joy H7442 (H8799) glad H8055 (H8799) favor H2655 cause H6664 say H559 (H8799) continually...
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...
_Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause._ SYMPATHY WITH THE GODLY 1. It is one mark of godliness amongst many others, to befriend the cause of Christ, and to further it...
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 35:27 The song’s high point is the prospect of telling all the faithful (THOSE WHO DELIGHT IN MY RIGHTEOUSNESS) of God’s faithfulness (v. Psalms 3
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...
1 Corinthians 12:26; Isaiah 66:10; Isaiah 66:11; Jeremiah 32:40;...