Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 35:24
Thy righteousness; whereby thou usest and lovest to defend the innocent, and to punish their oppressors.
Thy righteousness; whereby thou usest and lovest to defend the innocent, and to punish their oppressors.
Verse Psalms 35:24. _JUDGE ME, O LORD MY GOD_] The manner of his appeal shows the strong confidence he had in his own innocence....
JUDGE ME, O LORD MY GOD - Pronounce judgment, or judge between me and my enemies. Compare the notes at Psalms 26:1. ACCORDING TO THY RIGHTEOUSNESS - That is, “rightly.” Let there be a righteous judgme...
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...
JUDGE. Vindicate....
Renewed prayer in a somewhat calmer tone....
_Judge me_ Do me justice. Cp. Psalms 7:8; and for the plea, _according to thy righteousness_, see Psalms 7:17; Psalms 31:1....
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...
_JUDGE ME, O LORD MY GOD, ACCORDING TO THY RIGHTEOUSNESS; AND LET THEM NOT REJOICE OVER ME._ Let ... - (Psalms 35:19.)...
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...
שָׁפְטֵ֣נִי כְ֭ צִדְקְךָ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָ֗י וְ...
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...
AN APPEAL TO THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE Psalms 35:18 Psalms 35:20 : “The Quiet in the Land” was the title adopted by holy men and women in Germany, during long dark days when religion was under an eclipse....
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...
Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy (r) righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me. (r) It is the justice of God to give to the oppressors affliction and torment, and to the oppressed aid...
Christ is frequently in scripture represented as longing for the year of his redeemed, before his coming; and both Christ and the Church longing also for his second coming to be glorified in his saint...
24._Judege me, O Jehovah my God! _David here confirms the prayer of the preceding verse that God would be his defender, and would maintain his righteous cause. Having been for a time subjected to suff...
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...
JUDGE ME, O LORD MY GOD, ACCORDING TO THY RIGHTEOUSNESS,.... Either that righteousness of his, by which he justifies his people, which Christ has wrought out, God has accepted of, and imputes; and whi...
Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me. Ver. 24. _According to thy righteousness_] _i.e._ For the honour of thy justice, wherein else thou art likel...
_Thou hast seen, O Lord_ As they say they have seen, so my comfort is, that thou also hast seen, and dost observe all their plots and threats, and all my distresses and calamities, which I suffer for...
EARNEST PRAYER FOR RELIEF...
Judge me, O Lord, my God, according to Thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me....
17-28 Though the people of God are, and study to be, quiet, yet it has been common for their enemies to devise deceitful matters against them. David prays, My soul is in danger, Lord, rescue it; it b...
Psalms 35:24 Vindicate H8199 (H8798) LORD H3068 God H430 righteousness H6664 rejoice H8055 (H8799) Judge -...
HE CALLS ON GOD TO VINDICATE HIM, BY PUNISHING THOSE WHO ARE AGAINST HIM, AND BY REWARDING THOSE WHO TAKE UP HIS CAUSE, AT WHICH POINT HE WILL MAKE KNOWN TO ALL WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR HIM (PSALMS 35:22...
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...
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 35:22 Asking God to BE NOT SILENT (as if he were indifferent toward evil) but AWAKE AND ROUSE YOURSELF (as if he were asleep) shows how urgent the singer feels the situation to be...
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 Peter 2:22; 2 Thessalonians 1:6; Job 20:5; Psalms 18:20; Psalms 26: