Let destruction come upon him at unawares, devastation striking all the enemies of David and Jehovah before they realized their danger; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself; into that very destruction let him fall, destroyed by the very punishment which he had intended for the righteous. This overthrow of the ungodly power would be followed by the joy of triumphant faith.
Verse Psalms 35:8. _LET HIS NET THAT HE HATH HID_] See the notes on Psalms 7:15; Psalms 7:16....
LET DESTRUCTION COME UPON HIM AT UNAWARES - Margin, which “he knoweth not of.” So the Hebrew. The meaning is, Let destruction come upon him when he is not looking for it, or expecting it. AND LET HIS...
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...
The causelessness of their insidious enmity is the ground for such a prayer. May their schemes recoil on their own heads....
Let his mischief recoil upon his own head. Cp. Psalms 7:15; Psalms 9:15; Psalms 57:6; and with the first line cp. Isaiah 47:11. Does the singular individualise ea
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...
_LET DESTRUCTION COME UPON HIM AT UNAWARES; AND LET HIS NET THAT HE HATH HID CATCH HIMSELF: INTO THAT VERY DESTRUCTION LET HIM FALL._ Let destruction ... unawares - even as he had tried to take by su...
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...
LET DESTRUCTION. — There is considerable difficulty here, and the ancient versions, by their variations, seem to point to some confusion in the text. The LXX., no doubt, are right in reading the prono...
תְּבֹואֵ֣הוּ שֹׁואָה֮ לֹֽא ־יֵ֫דָ֥ע וְ רִשְׁתֹּ֣ו...
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...
Let destruction come upon (f) him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into (g) that very destruction let him fall. (f) When he promises peace to himself. (g) Which he prepar...
_O how. So the Hebrew and Septuagint read; quemadmodum may also (Berthier) signify "as." God has given such proofs of his great mercies to all. (Haydock) --- Of men. People must lay aside their stupid...
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...
8._Let confusion of which he is not aware come upon him. _David again prays that God would cause to return upon the head of his enemies the mischief which they had directed against a just and an inoff...
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...
LET DESTRUCTION COME UPON HIM AT UNAWARES,.... Or a "storm" r, such as is caused in the eastern countries by a south wind, very sudden, violent, and destructive s: the singular number being here used,...
Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. Ver. 8. _Let destruction come upon him unawares_] _i.e._ Upon the w...
_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...
AT UNAWARES: _ Heb._ which he knoweth not of...
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...
UPON HIM, i.e. upon each of thine and mine implacable enemies, of whom he hath hitherto spoken....
Psalms 35:8 destruction H7722 come H935 (H8799) unexpectedly H3045 (H8799) H3808 net H7568 hidden H2934 ...
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...
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...
_Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation._ SAVED OR UNSAVED I. the earnest entreaty of a troubled soul. It was said of the great Sir Isaac Newton that he had a white soul, so pure was it. But this can b...
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...
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...
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 Samuel 18:17; 1 Samuel 31:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; 2 Samuel 17:23;...