Psalms 35:19

_LET NOT THEM THAT ARE MINE ENEMIES WRONGFULLY REJOICE OVER ME: NEITHER LET THEM WINK WITH THE EYE THAT HATE ME WITHOUT A CAUSE._ Here begins the third strophe: prayer founded on the representations just made (Psalms 35:19). LET NOT THEM ... WRONGFULLY - or 'falsely,' with lying accusations. NEITHER LET THEM WINK ... HATE ME WITHOUT A CAUSE - let them not evince their joy at my hurt by winking at one another with the eye. It is striking that the same Greek word х_ DOOREAN_ (G1432)] is used in John 15:25 ("they hated me without a cause") of men's hatred of Christ, as is used in Romans 3:24 of His free love to them ("being justified freel

19._Let not those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me. _Because David’s enemies already exulted in the hope of seeing his overthrow and destruction, he prays that God would not suffer them to realize a desire so wicked. In order to render God favorable to his cause, he again protests that they hated him without any fault or occasion on his part, and that it was their own malice which urged them to such cruelty against him; for in order to secure the help of God, it is necessary to come before him with the testimony of a good conscience. The Hebrew word שקר _, sheker, _which we have rendered _wrongfully, _is by some translated _deceitfully, _as if David meant that his enemies lay in wait for him. But this is to reason with too much subtilty. Besides, the repetition which immediately follows shows that he complains of their wilful hatred, inasmuch as of their own accord, and from

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 belongs to thee the Father of spirits, therefore claim thine own; it is thine, save it! Lord, be not far from me, as if I were a stranger. He who exalted the once suffering Redeemer, will appear for all his people: the roaring lion shall not destroy their souls, any more than he could that of Christ, their Surety. They trust their souls in his hands, they are one with him by faith, are precious in his sight, and shall be rescued from destruction, that they may give thanks in heaven...

Verse Psalms 35:19. _THAT ARE MINE ENEMIES_] Saul and his courtiers....

LET NOT THEM THAT ARE MINE ENEMIES WRONGFULLY REJOICE OVER ME - Margin, “falsely.” Literally, “My enemies of falsehood;” that is, who are “falsely” my foes; who have no just cause for being opposed to me. Compare Matthew 5:11. David was conscious that he had done them no wrong, or that he had given no occasion for their conduct toward him, and hence, his prayer is simply a request that justice might be done. NEITHER LET THEM WINK WITH THE EYE - Compare the notes at Job 15:12. See also Proverbs 6:13; Proverbs 10:10. The word rendered “wink” means properly to tear or cu

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 the writer draws of his own circumstances and position (Psalms 35:11, Psalms 35:19) accords well with what we know of David's life when he was a fugitive from Saul, and there is a special agreement between the first verse of the psalm and words historically ascribed to David at this period of his career (1 Samuel 24:15). The psalm naturally divides itself into three portions, nearly of equal length (Psalms

LET NOT THEM THAT ARE MINE ENEMIES WRONGFULLY REJOICE OVER ME,.... The word "wrongfully" is to be joined not to the word "rejoice", but to the word "enemies"; and the sense is, that they were his enemies wrongfully, for false reasons, unjust causes, or without any cause that was just; as follows; [NEITHER] LET THEM WINK WITH THE EYE THAT HATE ME WITHOUT A CAUSE; such were David's enemies, particularly Saul, Psalms 7:4; and such were the enemies of Christ: this last clause is thought to be referred to by him, and applied to himself, John 15:25; and the whole of this is said him and by him, Psalms 69:4; see also Psalms 109:3. These w

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 (Psalms 35:19) This Psalm introduces us again to the suffering of the righteous, giving another prophetic picture of the distress of the remnant. When David composed this Psalm we do not know. But He casts himself completely on the Lord and calls to Him for help and vindication. Thus the godly have always done when surrounded by the enemies who persecuted them. The condition of the godly when violence is in the earth during the time of Jacob's trouble

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 the foe but not that of pushing or thrusting. Psalms 35:7. Read, Without a cause have they hid for me their net: without a cause have they dug a pit for my life. Psalms 35:9 f. Soul and bones stand for the whole person. Psalms 35:12_ b_. The text cannot be right. Laying snares for my soul is a possible conj

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....