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Verse Psalms 35:7. _FOR WITHOUT CAUSE HAVE THEY HID FOR ME THEIR NET_
IN _A_ _PIT_] The word שחת _shachath_, a _pit_, belongs to the
second member of this verse, and the whole should be read thus: Fo...
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FOR WITHOUT CAUSE HAVE THEY HID FOR ME THEIR NET IN A PIT - See Psalms
7:15, note; Psalms 9:15, note. This figure is derived from hunting.
The idea is that of digging a pit or hole for a wild beast to...
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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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WITHOUT CAUSE. See note on Psalms 35:19.
NET IN. PIT: i.e.. pit covered with. net....
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The causelessness of their insidious enmity is the ground for such a
prayer. May their schemes recoil on their own heads....
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The word for _pit_must be transposed from the first line, where it is
superfluous and awkward, to the second line, where it is required.
Render
For without cause have they hid a net for me:
Without...
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WHICH WITHOUT CAUSE, &C.— _Without provocation he hath digged a pit
for my life._ Saul seems to be pointed at in this clause, by the
change of the plural number into the singular. Compare 1 Samuel 18:...
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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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_FOR WITHOUT CAUSE HAVE THEY HID FOR ME THEIR NET IN A PIT, WHICH
WITHOUT CAUSE THEY HAVE DIGGED FOR MY SOUL._
They hid for me their net in a pit. Their having laid for the
petitioner a pit-net, just...
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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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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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HAVE THEY HID... — Literally, _they have hid for me the pit of their
net,_ which, as it stands, can mean nothing but a “pit with a net in
it,” such as was used to entrap lions and other wild beasts. B...
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כִּֽי ־חִנָּ֣ם טָֽמְנוּ ־לִ֭י שַׁ֣חַת
רִשְׁתָּ֑ם...
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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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For (e) without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit,
[which] without cause they have digged for my soul.
(e) Showing that we may not call God to be a revenger but only for his
glory, and...
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Of God. A title which is often given to things of superior excellence.
So divine condimenta of Plautus, (Pseudol.) denote ragouts or sauces
of the best quality; (Haydock) and sacra fames of Virgil, me...
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Who can be at a loss to discover the blessed Jesus here pointed out,
of him it might be strictly said, it was indeed causeless when the
enemies of God's Christ sought his destruction: John 15:25. And...
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7._For they have hid for me without a cause. _He here declares that he
did not take the name of God in vain, nor call upon him for protection
without just cause, for he openly asserts his innocence, a...
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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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FOR WITHOUT CAUSE HAVE THEY HID FOR ME THEIR NET [IN] A PIT,.... This
is said in allusion to the custom of digging pits, and putting nets
into them, for the catching of wild beasts; and covering them...
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For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit, [which]
without cause they have digged for my soul.
Ver. 7. _For without cause have they hid for me, &c._] The wicked are
so acted and agi...
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_Let their way_ By which they flee, being chased, as was now said; _be
dark and slippery_ So as that they can neither discern the right path,
nor be able to stand in it, and much less to escape, espec...
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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...
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Out of mere malice, without any injury or provocation on my part, and
without any necessity on their parts. They are no common, but the
worst of enemies; and therefore I may justly pray against them,...
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Psalms 35:7 cause H2600 hidden H2934 (H8804) net H7568 pit H7845 dug
H2658 (H8804) cause H2600 life...
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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...
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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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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 35:4 The faithful pray that the schemes of the
pursuers would fail, and that the pursuers themselves would suffer
disappointment, humiliation, and destruction. It is proper for Go...
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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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Job 18:8; John 15:25; Psalms 119:85; Psalms 140:5; Psalms 25:3;...
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For — Out of mere malice....