Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 35:9
In the Lord; in and for his glory and service, which shall be advanced by this means, and for his favour to me, otherwise I am far from rejoicing in their calamities.
In the Lord; in and for his glory and service, which shall be advanced by this means, and for his favour to me, otherwise I am far from rejoicing in their calamities.
Verse Psalms 35:9. _MY SOUL_] My life, thus saved - _SHALL BE JOYFUL IN THE LORD_] I am so circumstanced at present as to be in the utmost danger of being destroyed by my foes; if I escape, it must b...
AND MY SOUL SHALL BE JOYFUL IN THE LORD - That is, I shall be joyful, or will rejoice. This is said in anticipation of the interposition of God in destroying his enemies, and in delivering him from da...
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...
Rejoicing for deliverance....
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...
_AND MY SOUL SHALL BE JOYFUL IN THE LORD: IT SHALL REJOICE IN HIS SALVATION._ My soul shall be joyful. In anticipation of the gracious answer to his prayer, and in order to give additional weight to...
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...
וְ֭ נַפְשִׁי תָּגִ֣יל בַּ יהוָ֑ה תָּ֝שִׂישׂ ב
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...
_House. In the temple, (Calmet) or in the Church of God. (St. Ambrose) --- The pleasures enjoyed by this communion of saints, (Haydock) is but a foretaste of what may be expected in heaven. (Calmet)_...
Is there not an allusion here to the whole body of Christ, who will all rejoice at length in his great salvation?...
9._And my soul is joyful in Jehovah. _Others read this in the optative mood, _May my soul rejoice in Jehovah, and may it be glad in his salvation _But instead of continuing to express his desires, Dav...
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...
AND MY SOUL SHALL BE JOYFUL IN THE LORD,.... Not in the destruction of his enemies, but in the God of his salvation; the Targum is, "in the Word of the Lord"; the essential Word of God, the promised M...
And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation. Ver. 9. _And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord_] This was what he aimed at in his foregoing imprecations, viz. the glory...
_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...
PRAYER AGAINST THE GODLESS. A psalm of David, invoking God's aid against the ungodly, contrasting the hypocrisy, cunning, and malice of the wicked with the integrity and generosity of the righteous,...
And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord, who by His revenge vindicated the cause of the righteous; IT SHALL REJOICE IN HIS SALVATION, in the deliverance from their wiles which he had experienced....
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...
Psalms 35:9 soul H5315 joyful H1523 (H8799) LORD H3068 rejoice H7797 (H8799) salvation H3444...
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...
_My soul shall he joyful in the Lord._ LIFE’S JOY It is not often that we meet with a truly joyous face. We see many a brow curved with humour, and lips with their wreath of mirth, but the eyes seldo...
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 35:9 The song looks forward to joy and gratitude when its request is answered. ⇐ ⇔...
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 2:1; Galatians 5:22; Habakkuk 3:18; Isaiah 61:10; Luke 1:46;...