Plead my cause, O LORD, with those who strive with me; Fight against those who fight against me. 2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. 1. Let the LORD be magnified: David spoke much of his own need and trouble in this psalm. Rescue my soul from the destructions they are plotting against it; rescue my darling, my only one, from the lions. . Psalm 35 David, in this psalm, appeals to the righteous Judge of heaven and earth against his enemies that hated and persecuted him. And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation. and humbled myself with fasting. IV. To him: "Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation; let me have inward comfort under all these outward troubles, to support my soul which they strike at. He does not identify them, but it's likely these were people aligned with either Saul (1 Samuel 19:1-2) or Absalom (2 Samuel 15:13-14). ), and all to ruin them and root them out. He promised that then God should have the glory of it (v. 10): All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee? Say to my soul, "I am your salvation." a. If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. They treated him, who was the greatest blessing of his country, as if he had been the curse and plague of it; they hunted him as a dangerous beast of prey; they digged a pit for him and laid a net in it, that they might have him at their mercy, v. 7. Prepare for battle, and come to my aid. Psalm 35:13 - NIV - Yet when they were ill, I put - Christianity Jesus takes, blesses, breaks, and gives the bread to them (Luke 24:30), the same sequence of actions we recall from his final meal (22:19). This psalm opens in a warlike tone, so as to suggest a soldier for its author, and for its occasion the eye of some battle. Such has often been the hard fate of the best of men. (l) I prayed for them with inward affection, as I would have done for myself: or, I declared my affection with bowing down my head. God had apparently forgotten His servant or was hiding from him (cf. Job 19:18; Job 30:1). Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant. Korah's descendants were responsible for 10 (Psalms 42, 44-49, 84, 87-88). Acts 25 10, To the Jews have I done no wrong. IV. They persecuted him with an unwearied enmity, sought after his soul (v. 4), that is, his life, no less would satisfy their bloody minds; they aimed to disquiet his spirit and put that into disorder. Now I don't know what the content was of the "aha, aha," but it was something they hated to hear. (2.) The great God has pleasure in this prosperity of good people, not only of his family, the church in general, but of every particular servant in his family. He prays to God to protect and deliver him, and appear for him (ver 1, 2), to comfort him (ver 3), to be nigh to him and rescue him (ver 17, 22), to plead his cause (ver 23, 24), to defeat all the designs of his enemies against him (ver 3, 4), to disappoint their expectations of his fall (ver 19, 25, 26), and, lastly, to countenance all his friends, and encourage them (ver 27. If God is our Friend, no matter who is our enemy. (2.) The verb means to smite; Niph. The most simple interpretation, therefore, is that which supposes that the prayer was offered under such a burden of grief on account of their sufferings, that his head sank on his bosom; or, in other words, that the prayer which was offered was such as is presented when the heart is most burdened and most sad. Psalm 35 1. If God, by his Spirit, witness to our spirits that he is our salvation, we need desire no more to make us happy. The posture of prayer with the head reclining toward the bosom is common among the Muslims, "Reland" de Religione Mohammetica, p. 87. If God is our Friend, no matter who is our enemy. Stir up Yourself, and awake to my vindication, April 30 Easter 4A Acts 2 42 47 Psalm 23 John 10 1 10 Psalm 35:13,Psalm 35:14 NIV - Yet when they were ill, I put on - Bible C. Simeon. of This he complains of here as the highest piece of injustice imaginable: False witnesses did rise up, who would swear anything; they laid to my charge things that I knew not, nor ever thought of. Why Does God Compare Our Relationship with Him to That of a Bride and Groom? Psalm 35 Matthew Henry's Commentary - Bible Hub We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. Vindicate me, O LORD my God, according to Your righteousness; 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. When they were sick - Compare the notes at Job 30:25. Nederlandstalige Bijbelstudies door Stan Marinussen, Copyright - Enduring Word       |      . i. The spear was a weapon of "attack." The parts of armor referred to in Psalm 35:2 were designed for defense. LORD, how long are you just going to stand there looking? Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause: Through the psalms in general, we see that David did not think of himself as perfect in a sinless sense. See how much the honours, estates, liberties, and lives, even of the best men, lie at the mercy of the worst, against whose false oaths innocency itself is no fence; and what reason we have to acknowledge with thankfulness the hold God has of the consciences even of bad men, to which it is owing that there is not more mischief done in that way than is. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. He appeals to God's justice: Awake to my judgment, even to my cause, and let it have a hearing at thy bar, v. 23. Psalms 35:13 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary - StudyLight.org And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and thy praise all the day long ( Psalms 35:22-28 ). 2. And my prayer returned into mine own bosom - DeWette explains this as meaning, I prayed with my head sunk on my bosom; that is, with the head bowed down, so that the prayer which went out of Iris lips seemed to return again to his own bosom - that earnest prayer which one offers when the head is bowed with sorrow. Note, Even the palaces and courts of princes are not exempt from the jurisdiction of death and the visitation of sickness. This is the view of Ewald and Delitzsch, but seems prosaic. 2. he humbled himself, fasted, and prayed on their behalf 3. he mourned for them (as for a close friend or brother) 4. he mourned for them (as for his own mother) There is a visible contrast between how the faithful follower acts and the faithless ones act! They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul. Psalms 35:13-14 13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. Verse 13. Against his many enemies (v. 4-6): Let them be confounded, etc. For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which they without cause have digged for my soul. Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. III. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Though they should in some degree prevail, yet he foresees that it would be to their own ruin at last: They shall be as chaff before the wind, so unable will wicked men be to stand before the judgments of God and so certainly will they be driven away by them, Ps 1 4. V. His prospect of his own deliverance, which, having committed his cause to God, he did not doubt of, v. 9, 10. The deliverance celebrated in that psalm is now seen to be not invariably swift or painless, but subject, if God wills, to agonizing delays." Much like Psalm 23 ends in abundance, so Jesus concludes this parable in an abundant image of his care, described so beautifully in the First Nations Version of the Gospel of John: "Following the Shepherd, they will go in and out and find good food to eat. This is to the spoiling of his soul; this base unkind usage robs him of his comfort, and cuts him to the heart, more than anything else. Psalm 35:13, 14. I. David's representation of his case to God, setting forth the restless rage and malice of his persecutors. When they were sick This might refer to the case of Absalom, who was much beloved of his father, and for whose life and prosperity he no doubt often prayed, wept, and fasted. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing. John 15 25, They hated me without cause. And let them not rejoice over me. We need 2 cookies to store this setting. The bosom is not only the place where the Asiatics carry their purses, but also where they carry any thing that is given to them. As God's angels encamp against those that fight against him. and willingly to undergo any services or sufferings for him. His heart went into mourning for his sick master. II. The word soul here is equivalent to self; I afflicted myself. He was concerned for their precious souls, and, since he helped them with his prayers to God for mercy and grace; and the prayers of one who had so great an interest in heaven were of more value than perhaps they knew or considered. (last clause). New International Version Update. 18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. So this is one of those psalms where David is praying God's judgment and all against his enemies. If God, by his Spirit, witness to our spirits that he is our salvation, we have enough, we need desire no more to make us happy; and this is a powerful support when men persecute us. Verse 13. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. See Daniel 9:3; Matthew 17:21; Luke 2:37. A posture somewhat similar to this is referred to in the case of Elijah, 1 Kings 18:42 : And he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees. The posture of prayer with the head reclining toward the bosom is common among the Muslims, Reland de Religione Mohammetica, p. 87. This is quoted, with application to Christ, and is said to be fulfilled in him. They set themselves against all the sober good people that adhered to David (v. 20): They devised deceitful matters, to trepan and ruin those that were quiet in the land. Bible Gateway passage: Psalm 35:13-14 - King James Version "O Lord, my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; if I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy): let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth." Clouds do not always descend in showers upon the same spot from which the vapours ascended, but they come down somewhere; and even so do supplications in some place or other yield their showers of mercy. This may be taken as a prayer for their repentance, for all penitents are put to shame for their sins and turned back from them. Many good works have I shown you from my Father; for which of those do you stone me? Do We See Any Gospel Connections in the Book of Numbers? This he complains of here as the highest piece of injustice imaginable: False witnesses did rise up, who would swear anything; they laid to my charge things that I knew not, nor ever thought of. 24 Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. (1-3) David pleads to God for defense. Constantly. Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. Psalms 35:13 Meaning and Commentary Psalms 35:13 But as for me, when they were sick Or under any disorder or distress of body or mind, when any misfortune or infirmity attended them; meaning Saul and his courtiers, before David was persecuted by them; my clothing [was] sackcloth; See Daniel 9:3; Matthew 17:21; Luke 2:37. There remains (1) the literal, and my prayer turned upon my bosom, referring to the posture described in Psalm 35:14. 10 All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him? David here shows. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. But to suppose that this was the "motive" in the case is to suppose that the psalmist was wholly selfish, and would take away the very point of his observation about his prayer - that it was dictated by the sincerest love for them and true sympathy for their sufferings. 3 Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers! David shows how tenderly he had behaved towards them in afflictions. Prof. Alexander supposes that this means, according to a traditional interpretation of the Jews, that he desired that the prayer which he offered might redound to his own advantage: "My prayer shall not be lost, it shall return in blessings to the heart which prompted it." Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. A posture somewhat similar to this is referred to in the case of Elijah, 1 Kings 18:42 : "And he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees." Psalm 13 - Textweek Say to me, "I am your salvation." 4 May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plot my ruin Luke 10:6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again. 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. With his prayers he joined humiliation and self-affliction, both in his diet (he fasted, at least from pleasant bread) and in his dress; he clothed himself with sackcloth, thus expressing his grief, not only for their affliction, but for their sin; for this was the guise and practice of a penitent. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. 21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. Such has often been the hard fate of the best of men. How tenderly, and with what a cordial affection, he had behaved towards them in their afflictions (Psalms 35:13; Psalms 35:14): They were sick. Let them shout for joy and be glad, aha! We may comfort ourselves with the testimony of our consciences concerning our innocency, with reference to those that are any way injurious to us, and with hopes that God will, in his own way and time, right us, and, in the mean time, support us. I. Perjury, Psalms 35:11; Psalms 35:11. 2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. His own deliverance, not the others destruction, makes the singer joyful in Jehovah. (Maclaren). Rhetorical questions expressed David's frustration and sought to move God to action (cf. (Comp. Call a man ungrateful and you can call him no worse. John 10 32. Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt ( Psalms 35:1-4 ). Those that make God their enemy make all the holy angels their enemies. The circumstances are partly similar to. This was the character of David's enemies (v. 12): They rewarded me evil for good. signifies the colours, outward appearance, and attire of mourning: with dark clothes, with tearful unwashed face, and with neglected beard. In singing this psalm, and praying over it, we must take heed of applying it to any little peevish quarrels and enmities of our own, and of expressing by it any uncharitable revengeful resentments of injuries done to us; for Christ has taught us to forgive our enemies and not to pray against them, but to pray for them, as he did; but, 1. Mohammedica, quoted by Walford in loc. Prof. Alexander supposes that this means, according to a traditional interpretation of the Jews, that he desired that the prayer which he offered might redound to his own advantage: My prayer shall not be lost, it shall return in blessings to the heart which prompted it. There can be no reason to doubt that this is true in fact; and that prayer offered for others does bring back blessings to those who offer it. hrq, of the crackling of a fire and the grating of a file), which is used according to Ges. And my prayer returned into mine own bosom - DeWette explains this as meaning, "I prayed with my head sunk on my bosom;" that is, with the head bowed down, so that the prayer which went out of Iris lips seemed to return again to his own bosom - that earnest prayer which one offers when the head is bowed with sorrow. "A Psalm of a Thirteen-Year-Old," Russell Rathbun, The . It might also, after the Arabic nawika, to be injured in mind, anwak, stupid, silly (from the same root , to prick, smite, wound, cf. My soul is my only one, and therefore the greater is the shame if I neglect it and the greater the loss if I lose it: it is my only one, and therefore ought to be my darling, ought to be carefully protected and provided for. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. We may request cookies to be set on your device. A great deal of good service he had done to his king, witness his harp, witness Goliath's sword, witness the foreskins of the Philistines; and yet his king vowed his death, and his country was made too hot for him. He felt that their restoration to health - that the preservation of their lives - depended on God, and he most earnestly and fervently pleaded in their behalf. Note, (1.) But, on the contrary, that they might be ashamed and brought to confusion together (v. 26, as before, v. 4); he desires that his innocency might be so cleared that they might be ashamed of the calumnies with which they had loaded him, that his interest might be so confirmed that they might be ashamed of their designs against him and their expectations of his ruin, that they might either be brought to that shame which would be a step towards their reformation or that that might be their portion which would be their everlasting misery. Verse 13. He knows that only God can keep him going and preserve him from their attacks (15-18). They gnashed upon him with their teeth; they never spoke of him but with the greatest indignation imaginable, as those that would have eaten him up if they could. (Comp. But, at the same time, he foretold that the Lord would smite him (1 Sam 26 10), and here that the net he had hidden should catch himself, and into that very destruction he should fall. He prays that God would fight against his enemies, so as to disable them to hurt him, and defeat their designs against him (v. 1), that he would take hold of shield and buckler, for the Lord is a man of war (Exod 15 3), and that he would stand up for his help (v. 2), for he had few that would stand up for him, and, if he had ever so many, they would stand him in no stead without God. (2)The far more probable meaning, my prayer came back again and again to my bosom, i.e., was repeated over and over again; just as we say, "the thought recurred to my mind." He appeals to God against them, the God to whom vengeance belongs, appeals to his knowledge (v. 22): This thou hast seen. That they might rejoice with him in his joys. Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. If our dove find no rest for the sole of her foot among our enemies, it shall fly into our bosoms and bring an olive branch of peace in its mouth. But as for me, when I was in adversity they rejoiced.". My prayer returned into, or was directed to, my bosom. Salem Media Group. It is a vexation of spirit which attends even a right work that for this a man is envied of his neighbour, Eccl 4 4. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. A prayer that God may arise on David's behalf and repay those who have wrongfully attacked him ( Psalms 35:1-10 ). (Comp. The apostles were made a spectacle to the world. They were very barbarous and base, for they trampled upon him when he was down, rejoiced at his hurt, and magnified themselves against him, v. 26. He prays that his friends might have cause to rejoice and give glory to God, v. 27. John 10:32. 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. And these predictions look further, and read the doom of the enemies of Christ and his kingdom, as appears by comparing Rom 11 9, 10. 25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. They tore him, rent his good name without mercy, said all the ill they could of him and fastened upon him all the reproach their cursed wit and malice could reach to. David had been a man of sympathy; he had mourned when Saul was in ill health, putting on the weeds of sorrow for him as though he were a near and dear friend. and whose comedies, it is likely, were acted at feasts and balls, chose David for their subject, bantered and abused him, while the auditory, in token of their agreement with the plot, hummed, and gnashed upon him with their teeth. Let them not say, We have swallowed him up. But David is poor and needy, has nothing to make friends with, and therefore has none to take his part but men (as we say) of broken fortunes (1 Sam 22 2); and therefore no marvel that Saul spoiled him of what little he had got and the interest he had made. 2. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. The enemys fall is the occasion of glad praise, not because his intended victim yields to the temptation to take malicious delight in his calamity (Schadenfreude). I. b. David was a man of war, and of a bold stout spirit, and yet was thus susceptible of the impressions of sympathy, forgot the bravery of the hero, and seemed wholly made up of love and pity; it was a rare composition of hardiness and tenderness, courage and compassion, in the same breast.

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