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Psalms 35:10

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?

All my bones ... - `my whole body,' preserved by thy goodness (cf. Psalms 34:20), as distinguished from "my soul" (Psalms 35:9), shall break forth into praises of thee (Psalms 51:8). "Who is like unto thee?" was the language of Israel's thanksgiving after the deliverance at the Red Sea (Exodus 15:11).

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See also Psalms 35:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 35:10. _ALL MY BONES SHALL SAY_] My life being preserved, all the members of my body shall magnify thy saving mercy. _DELIVEREST THE POOR_] This is a general maxim: God is peculiarly min...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    ALL MY BONES SHALL SAY - A similar expression occurs in Psalms 51:8 : “That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.” The “bones” are here put for the frame; the whole man. See the notes at Psalm...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ALL MY BONES. all the members of my body. _Interpretation_ belongs to the speaker. The _Application_ belongs (1) to the O.T. saints (Psalms 139:13), and (2) to the later members referred to in Ephesia...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Rejoicing for deliverance....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _All my bones_ The bodily frame feels the thrill of joy as it feels the pain of sorrow. Cp. Psalms 51:8; and see note on Psalms 6:2. _who_is _like unto thee_ Incomparable for power and goodness. Cp. E...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    ALL MY BONES SHALL SAY— These are figuratively represented as praising God; as if he had said, "All the members of my body, as well as all the faculties of my soul, shall be affected with a deep sense...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    ALL MY BONES. — As we say, “all the fibres of my body.” (Comp. Psalms 6:2; Psalms 34:20.) THE POOR... THE POOR. — Better, _the sufferer_ ... _the sufferer. _...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כָּ֥ל עַצְמֹותַ֨י ׀ תֹּאמַרְנָה֮ יְהוָ֗ה מִ֥י כָ֫מֹ֥וךָ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    RESCUING THE POOR AND NEEDY Psalms 35:1 This psalm dates from the Sauline persecution, or else from the disturbed condition of the kingdom in David's later years. Each of the three divisions into whi...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    All my (h) 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? (h) He attributes his...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    With thee, Lord, is the fountain of life, Jesus Christ. --- See light, of the Holy Ghost. (St. Ambrose) (Theodoret) --- We shall see thee, Father of light, in thy Son. (Origen, Prin. i. 1.) (Calmet) -...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Is there not an allusion here to the whole body of Christ, who will all rejoice at length in his great salvation?...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    10._O Jehovah! who is like thee? _Here he explains more fully the nature of his joy in the salvation of God of which he had spoken, showing that it consisted in his ascribing entirely to God the deliv...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    ALL MY BONES SHALL SAY,.... So, in a figurative sense, vexation and disquietude are ascribed to the bones, Psalms 6:2; and sometimes joy and gladness, Psalms 51:8. His soul is said to rejoice in Psal...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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? Ver. 10. _All my bones sh...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Let destruction come upon him_ Upon each of thine and mine implacable enemies, of whom he had hitherto spoken. Or, rather, by this change of the plural number into the singular, he points at Saul, hi...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto Thee, his body joining with his soul in praising the Lord, WHICH DELIVEREST THE POOR, the humble righteous person, FROM HIM THAT IS TOO STRONG FOR HIM, Y...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    PRAYER AGAINST THE GODLESS. A psalm of David, invoking God's aid against the ungodly, contrasting the hypocrisy, cunning, and malice of the wicked with the integrity and generosity of the righteous,...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-10 It is no new thing for the most righteous men, and the most righteous cause, to meet with enemies. This is a fruit of the old enmity in the seed of the serpent against the Seed of the woman. Dav...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    ALL MY BONES, i.e. my whole body, by a synecdoche, as PSALMS 34:20, as well as my soul, mentioned PSALMS 35:9. I will glorify thee, both with my soul and with my body. SHALL SAY: speech is ascribed to...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 35:10 bones H6106 say H559 (H8799) LORD H3068 Delivering H5337 (H8688) poor H6041 strong H2389 poor...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    HE ASKS THAT THOSE WHO ARE HUNTING FOR HIM MIGHT FALL INTO THE TRAP THAT THEY THEMSELVES HAVE SET SO THAT ONCE MORE HE CAN REJOICE IN YHWH'S SALVATION (PSALMS 35:7). This movement from the battle gro...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _My soul shall he joyful in the Lord._ LIFE’S JOY It is not often that we meet with a truly joyous face. We see many a brow curved with humour, and lips with their wreath of mirth, but the eyes seldo...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 35:9 The song looks forward to joy and gratitude when its request is answered. ⇐ ⇔...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Exodus 15:11; Isaiah 40:18; Isaiah 40:25; Jeremiah 10:7; Job 33:19;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    My bones — My whole body, as well as my soul....

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