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Verse Psalms 35:15. _BUT IN MINE ADVERSITY THEY REJOICED_] How David
was mocked and insulted in the case of Absalom's rebellion by Shimei
and others, is well known.
_THE ABJECTS_] נכים _nechim_, the...
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BUT IN MINE ADVERSITY THEY REJOICED - Margin, as in Hebrew,
“halting.” That is, when reverses and troubles came upon me; when,
in my journey of life, I seemed to stumble.
AND GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGE...
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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 ...
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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...
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ADVERSITY. halting or falling. Compare Psalms 38:17; Jeremiah 20:10.
ABJECTS. outcasts.
IT. Supply _Ellipsis_ (App-6), by reading "[them]".
TEAR ME. Hebrew. _kar'u_ (with Ayin. '). Spelled with Alep...
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But at my halting they rejoice, and gather themselves together.
Limping, like stumbling, is a figure for misfortune. Cp. Psalms 38:17;
Jeremiah 20:10.
Yea, _the abjects_ The word rendered _abjects_is...
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The causelessness of the Psalmist's persecution and the ingratitude of
his persecutors are urged as reasons for God's interference on his
behalf....
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BUT IN MINE ADVERSITY THEY REJOICED, &C.— _But in my halting they
rejoiced, and gathered together; they gathered about me, crouching,
when I did not know it; they rent me without ceasing:_ Psalms 35:1...
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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...
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35:15 slanderers (c-11) Or 'base ones.' [it] (d-20) Or 'them.'...
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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...
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ABJECTS] the most worthless outcasts: see Job 30:1; Job 30:8; AND I
KNEW _it_ NOT] RM 'and those whom I knew not.'...
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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...
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IN MINE ADVERSITY. — Better, _at my fall._
THE ABJECTS... — The Hebrew word occurs only here. It is derived
from a root meaning _to smite,_ but its form is perplexing. The
ancient versions all give i...
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וּ בְ צַלְעִי֮ שָׂמְח֪וּ וְֽ
נֶאֱ֫סָ֥פוּ נֶאֶ
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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...
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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...
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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...
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But in mine (m) adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves
together: [yea], the abjects gathered themselves together against me,
and I knew [it] not; they did tear (n) [me], and ceased not:
(m)...
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Look at the cross, and behold this most strikingly fulfilled. Where
indeed shall we look for it in the affliction of any other? Matthew
27:39....
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15._But they rejoiced at my halting. _I see no reason why interpreters
should trouble themselves as they do about the word _halting. _Some
conjecture that David had his leg put out of joint, and other...
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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...
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BUT IN MINE ADVERSITY THEY REJOICED,.... Or "at my halting" u, either
by means of falling into sin; good men are subject to slips and falls,
and that to the dislocating or breaking of their bones, whi...
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But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together:
[yea], the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew
[it] not; they did tear [me], and ceased not:
Ver. 15. _B...
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_But in mine adversity_ Hebrew, בצלעי, _betzalgni, in my
halting_, that is, when I was in great danger of falling into
mischief. When I had any sickness or ill success in my affairs, and
was almost lo...
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But in mine adversity, his halting, lameness, said of any deep
distress, THEY REJOICED, AND GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER, to witness
the spectacle of his great trouble; YEA, THE ABJECTS, contemptible,...
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THE HYPOCRISY AND MALICE OF THE WICKED...
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ADVERSITY:
_ Heb._ halting...
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11-16 Call a man ungrateful, and you can call him no worse: this was
the character of David's enemies. Herein he was a type of Christ.
David shows how tenderly he had behaved towards them in afflictio...
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IN MINE ADVERSITY, Heb. _in my halting_, i.e. when I was in great
danger of falling into mischief; when I had any sickness, or ill
success in my affairs, and was almost lost; for such are said to halt...
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Psalms 35:15 adversity H6761 rejoiced H8055 (H8804) together H622
(H8738) Attackers H5222 gathered H622 (H8738) know
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BROUGHT BEFORE THE JUDGES HE IS QUESTIONED ABOUT CRIMES OF WHICH HE
KNOWS NOTHING, AND THAT BY THOSE TO WHOM HE HAD SHOWN NOTHING BUT
KINDNESS WHO ARE NOW DETERMINED TO BRING HIM DOWN (PSALMS 35:11)....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 13:6; Acts 17:5; Jeremiah 20:10; Job 16:9; Job 30:1;...
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Gathered — They were so full of joy, that they could not contain it
in their own breasts, but sought to communicate it to others. Abjects
— Or, vile persons, either for the meanness of their condition...