Psalms 35 - Introduction
* David prays for safety. (1-10) He complains of his enemies. (11-16) And calls upon God to support him. (17-28)... [ Continue Reading ]
* David prays for safety. (1-10) He complains of his enemies. (11-16) And calls upon God to support him. (17-28)... [ Continue Reading ]
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. David in his afflictions, Christ in his sufferings, the church under persecution, and the Christian in... [ Continue Reading ]
11-16 Call a man ungrateful, and you can call him no worse: this was the character of David's enemies. Herein he was a type of Christ. David shows how tenderly he had behaved towards them in afflictions. We ought to mourn for the sins of those who do not mourn for themselves. We shall not lose by th... [ Continue Reading ]
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 belongs to thee the Father of spirits, therefore claim thine own; it is thine, save it! Lord, be not f... [ Continue Reading ]