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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 35:2

Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

Ver. 2. Take hold of shield and buckler] Jehovah is a man of war, Exodus 15:3, and so he is here stirred up to harness himself; not that he needeth weapons defensive, as here, or offensive, as Psalms 35:3, for he can destroy his enemies, solo nutu ac flatu, with a nod, or a blast; but this is spoken after the manner of men, and for our better apprehension of God's readiness to relieve his distressed ones.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 35:2. _TAKE HOLD OF SHIELD AND BUCKLER_] Let them be discomfited in battle who are striving to destroy my life. It is by the _shield_ and _buckler_ of _others_, not any of his _own_, that...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    TAKE HOLD OF SHIELD AND BUCKLER - That is, Arm thyself as if for the contest. It is a prayer, in a new form, that God would interpose, and that he would go forth as a warrior against the enemies of th...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SHIELD, &C. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Appeal to Jehovah to arm himself as the Psalmist's champion....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    -Anthropomorphic" language of remarkable boldness, expanding the idea of Jehovah as "a man of war" (Exodus 15:3: cp. Deuteronomy 32:41 f.). _shield and buckler_ See note on Psalms 5:12. The mention of...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _TAKE HOLD OF SHIELD AND BUCKLER, AND STAND UP FOR MINE HELP._ Shield and buckler. The Hebrew means 'the small shield' х_ MAAGEEN_ (H4043)] and the 'large shield' respectively х_ TSINAAH_ (H6793)] (c...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SHIELD AND BUCKLER. — Better, _buckler and shield,_ as the first (Heb., _magen_) suggests a small, the latter (_tsinnah_) a large shield covering the whole body. Greek, θυρεός (see Note, Psalms 5:12.)...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הַחֲזֵ֣ק מָגֵ֣ן וְ צִנָּ֑ה וְ֝ ק֗וּמָה בְּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (b) Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. (b) Even though God can with his breath destroy all his enemies, yet the Holy Spirit attributes to him these outward weapons to assure...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Himself. Hebrew libbi, "in my heart." But this is visibly incorrect, and we should substitute lobu, as St. Jerome, Chaldean, Syriac, &c., have done. (Calmet) --- Yet Symmachus translates, "concerning...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The last clause in these verses shows the blessedness in what goeth before. If the Lord speak pardon and peace to my soul, he will speak ruin and slaughter unto all mine enemies. Reader! what a precio...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    2._Take the shield. _These words certainly cannot be applied, in the strict and proper sense, to God, who has no need of the spear or buckler: for by the breath of his mouth alone, or merely with his...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    TAKE HOLD OF SHIELD AND BUCKLER,.... Defensive weapons; not that the Lord stands in need of any of these to defend himself with: but the sense is, that he would be as these to David; as he was to him,...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Plead my cause, O Lord_, &c. Take my part, and maintain my cause against those that contend with me, and have raised war against me; for I am not able to defend myself, and have none else to appear f...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Take hold of shield and buckler, the smaller one being used to protect the head, the larger to shelter the whole body, AND STAND UP FOR MINE HELP, to defend him against his enemies....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    TAKE HOLD OF SHIELD AND BUCKLER; therewith to cover and defend me. Compare PSALMS 91:4 PROVERBS 2:7....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 35:2 hold H2388 (H8685) shield H4043 buckler H6793 up H6965 (H8798) help H5833...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PSALMIST ASKS THAT GOD WILL PROTECT HIM AND STAND FIRM IN HIS DEFENCE (PSALMS 35:1). In these first three verses we have a vivid picture drawn of God dressed in heavenly armour, and fully armed. H...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 32:41; Deuteronomy 32:42; Exodus 15:3; Isaiah 13:5;...

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