psalm 35:13 commentary

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. 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them. pass sentence upon this appeal, according to the righteousness of thy nature and government," v. 24. 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. We ought to mourn for the sins of those who do not . And let them not rejoice over me. John 10:32. 4. Humbled my soul with fasting. II. The mercy he hoped to win by prayer he promises to wear with praise: "I will give thee thanks, as the author of my deliverance (v. 18), and my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness, the justice of thy judgments and the equity of all thy dispensations;" and this, 1. David mourned for them and sympathized with them in their grief. The adjective signifies elsewhere with , one who is smitten in the feet, i.e., one who limps or halts, and with , but also without any addition, in Isaiah 16:7, one smitten in spirit, i.e., one deeply troubled or sorrowful. What Does Colossians 2:6-7 Teach Us about Our Faith Walk? We may request cookies to be set on your device. Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal. Korah's descendants were responsible for 10 (Psalms 42, 44-49, 84, 87-88). 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. In sadness (Psalm 35:11-12), David reflects on the compassionate treatment he showed his foes before they turned against him. Those that hated David thought scorn, like Haman, to lay hands on him alone, but contrived to involve all the religious people of the land in the same ruin with him. Click on the different category headings to find out more. The words were, as it were, muttered into his bosom. 3. ), and all to ruin them and root them out. with the for warding off the hostile blow and (vid., Psalm 5:13) which covers the body like a . But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, And my prayer kept returning to my bosom. Who rejoice at my hurt; 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. 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. He thought God had forgotten him, had forgotten his promises to him, his covenant with him, his former lovingkindness which he had shown him and which he took to be an earnest of further mercy, had forgotten that there was such a man in the world, who needed and expected relief and succour from him. Now when these people were sick, (1.) These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience. 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. 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. Verse 1. We find how patiently he bore Shimei's curses (so let him curse, for the Lord has bidden him); and we cannot suppose that he who was so meek in his conversation would give vent to any intemperate heat or passion in his devotion; but, by the spirit of prophecy, he foretels the just judgments of God that would come upon them for their great wickedness, their malice, cruelty, and perfidiousness, and especially the enmity to the counsels of God, the interests of religion, and that reformation which they knew David, if ever he had power in his hand, would be an instrument of. Genesis 24:67) strikes the deepest wound: like one who mourns (, (Note: According to the old Babylonian reading (belonging to a period when Pathach and Segol were as yet not distinguished from one another), (with the sign of Pathach and the stroke for Raphe below equals ); vid., Pinsker, Zur Geschichte des Karaismus, S. 141, and Einleitung, S. , Job 30:6, to be driven forth with a whip, after which the lxx renders it , Symm. And who can stand before envy? Say to my soul, "I am your salvation!" 4 Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life! Proud member b. Note, Even the palaces and courts of princes are not exempt from the jurisdiction of death and the visitation of sickness. 2. Heman the Ezrahite wrote one (Psalms 88), and Ethan the Ezrahite composed one (Psalms 89). New International Version Update. He appeals to God against them, the God to whom vengeance belongs, appeals to his knowledge (v. 22): This thou hast seen. His own deliverance, not the others destruction, makes the singer joyful in Jehovah. (Maclaren). (1-3) David pleads to God for defense. They really would get upset.Now when Elisha was going up the hill, little kids came up from Bethel saying, "aha, aha, ye old bald man!" 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! He prays that God would stop their way (v. 3), that they might not overtake him when he fled from them. He thought of the people of God enlarging the LORD in their hearts and minds, and of his continual praise to God (my tongue shall speak of Your righteousness and of Your praise all the day long). Much of his suffering during that time was because of the false accusations made against him by influential people in Sauls court. If God be our friend, no matter who is our enemy. But this was not all. His prayer to God to manifest himself both for him and to him, in this trial. Among the Hebrews fasting and prayer were much more closely connected than they are with Christians. When they were sick - Compare the notes at Job 30:25. ], 2. II. Psalm 35:13 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. This was the character of David's enemies (Psalms 35:12; Psalms 35:12): They rewarded me evil for good. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. We must be earnest to keep the line of demarcation broad and clear. ). David here prays, 1. of Yet in many of the disputes with his enemies, he had no problem seeing that he was on Gods side and they were not. 1. Observe, He mourned as for a brother or mother, which intimates that it is our duty, and well becomes us, to lay to heart the sickness, and sorrow, and death of our near relations. Two very wicked things David here lays to the charge of his enemies, to make good his appeal to God against them--perjury and ingratitude. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing. Prepare for battle, and come to my aid. Two very wicked things David here lays to the charge of his enemies, to make good his appeal to God against themperjury and ingratitude. (2.) XXXV. 1. 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. They had carried on their plots against him with a great degree of secresy (v. 15): "I knew it not, till long after, when they themselves gloried in it; but thy eye was upon them in their close cabals and thou art a witness of all they have said and done against me and thy people." What Every Christian Should Know about the Protestant Reformation. We ought to mourn for the sins of those that do not mourn for them themselves. If God is our Friend, no matter who is our enemy. like , Genesis 49:12, from , construct state, like ) for a mother (the objective genitive, as in Genesis 27:41; Deuteronomy 34:8; Amos 8:10; Jeremiah 6:26). 1 O Lord, oppose those who oppose me. C. Simeon. He will speak God's praise every day (so it may be read) and all the day long; for it is a subject that will never be exhausted, no, not by the endless praises of saints and angels. Note, It will be a comfort to us, when men do us wrong, if our consciences can witness for us that we have never done them any. Let me have inward comfort under all outward troubles, to support my soul. 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. The spear was a weapon of "attack." The parts of armor referred to in Psalm 35:2 were designed for defense. His prospect of the destruction of his enemies, which he prays for, not in malice or revenge. 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. 1 Of David. He subjected himself to the pains of hunger, that he might be better prepared to offer fervent and acceptable prayer. And my prayer returned into mine own bosom. But the former definition of the notion of the word is favoured by the continuation of the idea of the verbal adjective by , persons of whom I have hitherto taken no notice because they were far removed from me, i.e., men belonging to the dregs of the people (cf. 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. I. David describes the great injustice, malice, and insolence, of his persecutors, pleading this with God as a reason why he should protect him from them and appear against them. It is supposed that Saul and his party are the persons he means, for with them he had the greatest struggles. Though the people of God are, and study to be, a quiet people, yet it has been the common practice of their enemies to devise deceitful matters against them. They were very rude; they could not find in their hearts to show him common civility: They speak not peace; if they met him, they had not the good manners to give him the time of day; like Joseph's brethren, that could not speak peaceably to him, Gen 37 4. [Note: Ibid., p. 131, 4, b, carries its subject in itself. Prayer is never lost: if it bless not those for whom intercession is made, it shall bless the intercessors. He will praise God with the whole man, with all that is within him, and with all the strength and vigour of his soul, intimated by his bones, which are within the body and are the strength of it. This You have seen, O LORD: Thou hast seen is a perfect foil to the enemys cry, our eyes have seen it! (Kidner). Matthew 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; Leviticus 16:29,31 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: , Matthew 9:14,15 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? 9 And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation. And of Your praise all the day long. Well, might he call them abjects, for nothing could be more vile and sordid than to triumph in the fall of a man of such unstained honour and consummate virtue. He prays that his friends might have cause to rejoice and give glory to God, v. 27. Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 35:13 Commentary on Psalm 35:11-16 (Read Psalm 35:11-16) Call a man ungrateful, and you can call him no worse: this was the character of David's enemies. of Psalm 35 Of David. Now when these people were sick, (1.) This is the plural for the generic word for God. I humbled my soul with fasting - Margin, "afflicted;" so the Hebrew properly means. Turba Remi sequitur fortunam, ut semper, et odit damnatosThe Roman crowd, varying their opinions with every turn of fortune, are sure to execrate the fallen. Mine enemies great design is to magnify themselves, verse 26, but my chief desire is that God may be magnified. (Poole), (c) 2020 The Enduring Word Bible Commentary by David Guzik ewm@enduringword.com. The king's word is a law, and every thing must be carried with a high hand; he has fields, and vineyards, and preferments, at his disposal, 1 Sam 22 7. We shall not lose by the good offices we have done to any, how ungrateful soever they are; for our rejoicing will be this, the testimony of our conscience. All rights reserved. of Acts 25 10, To the Jews have I done no wrong. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. Do We See Any Gospel Connections in the Book of Numbers? I am for peace, Ps 120 7. Salem Media Group. 13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth. John 15 25, They hated me without cause. Herein he was a type of Christ. Say to my soul, "I am your salvation." a. We shall not lose by the good offices we have done to any, how ungrateful soever they are; for our rejoicing will be this, the testimony of our conscience. Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant. David prayed to God to manifest himself in his trial. We may read it thus: Let my prayer return into my bosom; that is, I wished no worse to them than to myself: let me receive of God such good as I prayed for them. If God, by his Spirit, witness to our spirits that he is our salvation, we need desire no more to make us happy. III. 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. Psalm 35 Commentary David's Seeing Their Good | 13-14 And that leads David to expound on the good that he's done for these men in times past in verses 13 and 14. Nay, he had deserved well not only of the public in general, but of those particular persons that were now most bitter against him. The comedians, who may fitly be called hypocritical mockers (for which does a hypocrite signify but a stage-player?) . Lord, with regular letters, translates the Hebrew word Adonai the ancient Hebrew word for Lord. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. They were like alms given to the miserable for God's sake, who takes care to return to the merciful man tenfold into his bosom. Vindicate me, O LORD my God, according to Your righteousness; They were very unrighteous; they were his enemies wrongfully, for he never gave them any provocation: They hated him without a cause; nay, for that for which they ought rather to have loved and honoured him. 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. We cannot express how great and good God is, and therefore must praise him by acknowledging him to be a non-such. It would harden the hearts of his enemies in their wickedness and confirm them in their enmity to him, and would be a great discouragement to all the pious Jews that were friends to his righteous cause. signifies the colours, outward appearance, and attire of mourning: with dark clothes, with tearful unwashed face, and with neglected beard. And now another prophecy relating to Christ. And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation. This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O LORD, be not far from me. 4 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. Many good works have I shown you from my Father; for which of those do you stone me? Salem Media Group. III. Probably it was then well known whom he meant; it may be Saul himself for one, whom he was sent for to attend upon when he was melancholy and ill, and to whom he was serviceable to drive away the evil spirit, not with his harp, but with his prayers; to others of the courtiers, it is likely, he had shown this respect, while he lived at court, who now were, of all others, most abusive to him. 28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long. PLUS Save 20% for life! Note, A righteous cause may, with the greatest satisfaction imaginable, he laid before a righteous God, and referred to him to give judgment upon it; for he perfectly knows the merits of it, holds the balance exactly even, and with him there is no respect of persons. 26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me. 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. 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. They are hoping that David will soon be caught, so that they can pounce on him and destroy him. 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. Psalm 35 1. Psalm 35:14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. Read Chapter Compare Psalms 35:13-14 Meaning and Commentary INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 35 Lit. V. He promises himself that he shall yet see better days (ver 9, 10), and promises God that he will then attend him with his praises, ver 18, 28. the common phrase for thoughts coming upon the heart, Jeremiah 3:16; Jeremiah 7:31, etc.) What Every Christian Should Know about the Protestant Reformation. (Comp. When he fell under the frowns of Saul, was banished the court, and persecuted as a criminal, they were pleased, were glad at his calamities, and got together in their drunken clubs to make themselves and one another merry with the disgrace of this great favourite. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. Psalms 35:13 - EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries God had apparently forgotten His servant or was hiding from him (cf. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. Note, (1.) He was God's servant, expressly appointed by him to be what he was, followed his guidance, and aimed at his glory in the way of duty, had lived (as St. Paul speaks) in all good conscience before God unto this day; and yet there were those that strove with him, that did their utmost to oppose his advancement, and made all the interest they could against him; they fought against him (v. 1), not only undermined him closely and secretly, but openly avowed their opposition to him and set themselves to do him all the mischief they could. 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. Plead my cause, O LORD, with those who strive with me; Fight against those who fight against me. 20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. 2. They are the ministers of his justice, as well as of his mercy. The addition of certainly makes Olshausen's conjecture that we should read somewhat natural; but the expression then becomes tautological, and there are other instances also in which psalm-poesy goes beyond the ordinary range of words, in order to find language to describe that which is loathsome, in the most glaring way. Psalm 34. So, "aha, aha" was a bad thing to say, and as I say, I don't know what the whole connotation of the "aha, aha" might be, but the hypocritical mockers speaking against David. Well, might he call them abjects, for nothing could be more vile and sordid than to triumph in the fall of a man of such unstained honour and consummate virtue. In the former case, it would be equivalent to: the profane, viz., the cake-jesters; in the latter, which is the more natural, and quite suitable: the profane ( equals the profanest, vid., Psalm 45:13; Isaiah 29:19; Ezekiel 7:24) among cake-jesters. Probably it was then well known whom he meant; it may be Saul himself for one, whom he was sent for to attend upon when he was melancholy and ill, and to whom he was serviceable to drive away the evil spirit, not with his harp, but with his prayers; to others of the courtiers, it is likely, he had shown this respect, while he lived at court, who now were, of all others, most abusive to him. When my prayers returned to me unanswered, 14 I went about mourning as though for my friend or brother. The idea is, that he did all that was understood to be connected with the deepest humiliation before God, and that would fit the mind for earnest prayer in their behalf. The language alternates between legal and military terminology. As for Saul himself, David, it is probable, knew that God had rejected him and had forbidden Samuel to mourn for him, 1 Sam 16 1. It is the character of the godly in the land that they are the quiet in the land, that they live in all dutiful subjection to government and governors, in the Lord, and endeavour, as much as in them lies, to live peaceably with all men, however they may have been misrepresented as enemies to Csar and hurtful to kings and provinces. Humbled my soul with fasting. When he fell under the frowns of Saul, was banished the court, and persecuted as a criminal, they were pleased, were glad at his calamities, and got together in their drunken clubs to make themselves and one another merry with the disgrace of this great favourite. 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. 21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. hrq, of the crackling of a fire and the grating of a file), which is used according to Ges. 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. 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. Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. Psalm 35:14. I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: and I will praise thee among much people. 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. God knew that they were, without cause, his enemies, and that they had, without cause, digged pits for him, v. 7. Stir up Yourself, and awake to my vindication, Psalm 36. 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. King James Version 35 Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. Though from the wayward and profligate life they led, they did not profit by my prayers, yet God did not permit me to pray in vain. Take hold of shield and buckler, stand up for my help. What does Psalm 35:13 mean? Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me. 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? Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. 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. 1. He discovered not only the tender affection of a man, but the pious affection of a saint. Why Does God Compare Our Relationship with Him to That of a Bride and Groom? 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." Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. 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. my prayer came back again and again to my bosom, i.e., but, my prayer returned into mine own bosom , And my prayer returned into mine own bosom, and my prayer returned into mine own bosom, for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. 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. 27 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.

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