Psalms 35:3

The spear; thy offensive weapons. He alludes to the practice of soldiers in battle. The way, in which they are marching directly and furiously against me. But divers interpreters, both Hebrews and others, take this Hebrew word for a noun, and render it a sword; or, as the word may signify, a close weapon; for the psalmist here representing God as a man of war, and accordingly furnishing him with other weapons, it seems not probable that he would omit this weapon, which was most constantly and universally used. Say unto my soul, i.e. unto me; either,

1. By thy Spirit assuring me of it; or,

2. By thy providence effecting it; for God's saying or speaking is oft meant of his doing, because his word is sufficient for the doing of whatsoever he pleaseth.