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Verse Psalms 35:11. _FALSE WITNESSES DID RISE UP_] There is no doubt
that several of this kind were found to depose against the life of
David; and we know that the wicked Jews employed such against th...
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FALSE WITNESSES DID RISE UP - Margin, “witnesses of wrong.” The
Hebrew is, “witnesses of “violence,”” חמס _châmâs_.
That is, they were persons who, in what they said of me, were guilty
of injustice...
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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 ...
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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...
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FALSE WITNESSES. "Many of them". Compare Matthew 26:60; Matthew 26:61;
Matthew 27:40; Mark 14:55....
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FALSE WITNESSES DID RISE UP, &C.— _False witnesses will arise;_ so
the Hebrew speaks in the future; and the verbs in the two next periods
are also future; to intimate that the prophet was speaking of...
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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...
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_FALSE WITNESSES DID RISE UP; THEY LAID TO MY CHARGE THINGS THAT I
KNEW NOT._
The second strophe, in which the sufferer complains of the malice of
his enemies (Psalms 35:11), in order to move the comp...
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35:11 witnesses (a-2) Lit. 'witnesses of violence,' as Deuteronomy
19:16 . charge (b-9) Or 'question me about.'...
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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...
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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...
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יְ֭קוּמוּן עֵדֵ֣י חָמָ֑ס אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא
־יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(i) False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge [things] that
I knew not.
(i) That would not permit me to purge myself....
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_Mercy and justice, are here of the same import. (Bellarmine) (Muis)
--- Deliver us from captivity, and extend thy mercies to all thy
people. (Calmet) --- Heart. Many who have sufficient learning, are...
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I do not think it enough to prove that these words were spoken in a
spirit of prophecy, wholly referring to Christ; but I would desire the
Reader to remark, with me, the gracious love of the Holy Ghos...
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11._Violent witnesses _(709) _rise up. _The Hebrew is, _they shall
rise up; _but in using the future tense, the Psalmist intimates that
he is speaking of what he had suffered for a long time. And he
c...
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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...
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FALSE WITNESSES DID RISE UP,.... Against David, saying he sought the
hurt of Saul, 1 Samuel 24:9, as did against David's antitype, the Lord
Jesus Christ, Matthew 26:59; and against his apostles,
Acts...
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False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge [things] that I
knew not.
Ver. 11. _False witnesses did rise up_] So they did afterward against
the Lord Christ and sundry of his faithful servants...
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_They laid to my charge things I knew not_ They accused me to Saul of
treacherous designs against his crown and life, and of other crimes of
which I was wholly innocent and ignorant. _They rewarded me...
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THE HYPOCRISY AND MALICE OF THE WICKED...
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False witnesses, literally, "witnesses of violence," DID RISE UP, with
unjust accusations; THEY LAID TO MY CHARGE THINGS THAT I KNEW NOT, of
which he knew himself to be innocent....
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FALSE WITNESSES:
_ Heb._ Witnesses of wrong
THEY LAID:
_ Heb._ they asked me...
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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 afflictio...
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They accused me to Saul of treachery and designs against his crown and
life, and other crimes whereof I was wholly innocent and ignorant....
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Psalms 35:11 Fierce H2555 witnesses H5707 up H6965 (H8799) ask H7592
(H8799) know H3045 (H8804)
Fal
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BROUGHT BEFORE THE JUDGES HE IS QUESTIONED ABOUT CRIMES OF WHICH HE
KNOWS NOTHING, AND THAT BY THOSE TO WHOM HE HAD SHOWN NOTHING BUT
KINDNESS WHO ARE NOW DETERMINED TO BRING HIM DOWN (PSALMS 35:11)....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 24:9; 1 Samuel 25:10; Acts 24:12; Acts 24:13; Acts 24:5;...