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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 35:20

For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against [them that are] quiet in the land.

Ver. 20. For they speak not peace] Which yet God doth to his people, Psalms 85:9, and that is their comfort. "I am for peace," saith David elsewhere, "but when I speak, they are for war," Psalms 120:7 .

Against the quiet of the land] i.e. Against myself, and such as I am, who study to be quiet and to do our own business, 1 Thessalonians 4:11, affecting rather quietness from the world than acquaintance with it.

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See also Psalms 35:20 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR THEY SPEAK NOT PEACE - They seek a quarrel. They are unwilling to be on good terms with others, or to live in peace with them. The idea is that they were “disposed” or “inclined” to quarrel. Thus...

  • 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

    DECEITFUL MATTERS. Hebrew "words of frauds"....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Renewed prayer in a somewhat calmer tone....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Their conduct is just the opposite of -the fear of the Lord" (Psalms 34:13-14). _For it is not peace that they speak, but against them that are quiet in the land they imagine words of guile_, accusing...

  • 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

    _FOR THEY SPEAK NOT PEACE: BUT THEY DEVISE DECEITFUL MATTERS AGAINST THEM THAT ARE QUIET IN THE LAND._ Speak not peace - as my peaceable attitude toward them and all men would have dictated as right....

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    35:20 land. (i-16) Or 'on the earth.'...

  • 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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    _Them that are_ QUIET IN THE LAND] the same as the 'poor' or 'meek'—the humble and patient righteous....

  • 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

    QUIET IN THE LAND. — For the construction, comp. Isaiah 23:8 : “The honourable of the earth.” They are evidently the pious Jews who wished to preserve their national life and religion against foreign...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֤י לֹ֥א שָׁלֹ֗ום יְדַ֫בֵּ֥רוּ וְ עַ֥ל רִגְ

  • 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

    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....

  • 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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Reader! recollect the peaceable temper and meekness of Jesus: recollect the temper of his apostles and followers: recollect in all ages, and even now ask, what is the temper and pursuit of God's peopl...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    In the following verse, that he may cherish still greater confidence in God, David again declares, that he has to do with enemies of an irreconcilable character, and who are fully bent upon cruelty. O...

  • 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

    FOR THEY SPEAK NOT PEACE,.... Meaning to himself, or any good man; as Joseph's brethren could not to him, Genesis 37:4; such were the men David had to do with, Psalms 120:6; and such were the enemies...

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

    _Neither let them wink with the eye_ That is, mock me, or insult over me, as this phrase signifies. _For they speak not peace_ They are enemies to all peaceable counsels; they breathe out nothing but...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For they speak not peace, their aim is not to bring quiet and happiness to the country; BUT THEY DEVISE DECEITFUL MATTERS AGAINST THEM THAT ARE QUIET IN THE LAND, against those who really love peace a...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    EARNEST PRAYER FOR RELIEF...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    VERSE 20. They are enemies to all peaceable counsels; they breathe out nothing but threatenings and war. They use not only open violence, but deceit, and subtle artifices, against me and my followers,...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 35:20 speak H1696 (H8762) peace H7965 devise H2803 (H8799) deceitful H4820 matters H1697 quiet H7282 land...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CONCERNED BY HOW LONG HIS AFFLICTION IS GOING ON HE POINTS OUT HOW FALSE THEIR ACCUSATIONS ARE AND ASKS FOR DELIVERANCE FROM THEIR ATTEMPTS TO BRING HIM DOWN (PSALMS 35:17). . Psalms 35:17 ‘Lord, ho...

  • 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 Biblical Illustrator

    _They devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land._ SIN APPROACHING THE UNSUSPECTING “There is no temptation,” said John of Wesel, one of the greatest of the pre-Lutheran reforme...

  • 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 ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 35:19 The pursuers scheme (WINK THE EYE), particularly against the hardworking faithful (THOSE WHO ARE QUIET IN THE LAND). In...

  • 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

    1 Peter 2:22; 1 Peter 2:23; Acts 23:15; Acts 25:3; Daniel 6:5;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    For — They breathe out nothing but threatenings and war; they use not open violence but subtile artifices, against me and my followers, who desire nothing more than to live quietly and peaceably....

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