But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth, in sympathetic mourning for their trouble; I humbled my soul with fasting, in making their sorrow his own; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom, for he was bowed forward so far, with his head lowered, that his voice sounded against his own bosom. Thus he had entreated for his enemies in the greatest earnestness and humility.
Verse Psalms 35:13. _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 - The psalmist now contrasts their conduct with his own. He refers to the recollections of his past life, and to the acts of kindness which he had shown to them in thees of trouble, as m...
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 ...
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...
CLOTHING, &C. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, put, by Symbol, for feelings of sorrow. WITH FASTING. in the Fast: i.e. on the great Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16)...
The causelessness of the Psalmist's persecution and the ingratitude of his persecutors are urged as reasons for God's interference on his behalf....
The -good" he had done to them. His sympathy when they were in trouble was no mere formality. He prayed for their recovery, humbling himself before God with mourning and fasting (Psalms 69:10-11; 2 Sa...
DISCOURSE: 556 COMPASSION TO THE SICK Psalms 35:13._ As for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into my own bosom. I behaved mys...
AND MY PRAYER RETURNED INTO MINE OWN BOSOM— _And my prayer rested,_ or _settled in my bosom; i.e._ "I was never without a prayer for them in my breast;" for it would be odd, says Mudge, to talk of pra...
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...
_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 ... I humbled - `afflicted' (cf. Isaia...
MY PRAYER RETURNED] better, 'shall return.' The blessing, withheld from the unworthy, will come back to the Psalmist himself: cp. Luke 10:6....
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...
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...
(13) AND MY PRAYER RETURNED INTO MINE OWN BOSOM. — This has been most variously explained. The context evidently implies something done for the benefit of the whilome friends for whom, in their sickne...
וַ אֲנִ֤י ׀ בַּ חֲלֹותָ֡ם לְב֬וּשִׁי שָׂ֗ק עִ
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...
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...
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...
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and (l) my prayer returned into mine own bosom. (l) I prayed for them with inward affection, as I woul...
There. The devil fell by pride, and man by his persuasion. Neither could escape punishment. (Worthington) --- There, in heaven, (St. Jerome) and in paradise, pride proved fatal; (Calmet) while it will...
Literally this is true of Christ. For our sickness was unto death. And to recover us did not Jesus clothe himself with the sackcloth of mortality? Did he not fast forty days and forty nights? Did he n...
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...
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 b...
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. Ver. 13. _But as for me, when they were sick_] _i.e._ Any...
_When they were sick_ Or in any other great misery; _my clothing was sackcloth_ Which was the habit of mourners. _I humbled_ Hebrew, _I afflicted, my soul with fasting_ And with compassion and fervent...
HUMBLED: Or, afflicted...
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...
SICK; or in any other great misery. SACKCLOTH; which was the habit of mourners, GENESIS 37:34 MATTHEW 11:21 REVELATION 11:3. I HUMBLED MY SOUL, Heb. _I afflicted my soul_, (of which phrase see...
Psalms 35:13 sick H2470 (H8800) clothing H3830 sackcloth H8242 humbled H6031 (H8765) myself H5315 fasting H6685 pra
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)....
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...
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...
_I humbled my soul with fasting._ THE DUTY OF FASTING So said David. All God’s faithful children, under every dispensation, have observed the same rule. So must each one now say, who hopes for the hi...
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...
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...
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...
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...
1 Kings 21:27; Isaiah 58:3; Isaiah 58:5; Job 30:25; Leviticus 16:29;
Returned — Although my fastings and prayers did them no good....