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 fight on behalf of his faithful ones. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (v... [ Continue Reading ]
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 35:4 The faithful pray that the schemes of the pursuers would fail, and that the pursuers themselves would suffer disappointment, humiliation, and destruction. It is proper for God’s people to pray this prayer since the pursuers DEVISE EVIL (v. Psalms 35:4) WITHOUT CAUSE (vv. Ps... [ Continue Reading ]
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 35:9 The song looks forward to joy and gratitude when its request is answered. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
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 John 15:25 Jesus uses Psalms 35:19 (HATE ME WITHOUT CAUSE; see also Psalms 69:4) to portray himself as the quintessential innocent sufferer and to imply... [ Continue Reading ]
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 35:22 Asking God to BE NOT SILENT (as if he were indifferent toward evil) but AWAKE AND ROUSE YOURSELF (as if he were asleep) shows how urgent the singer feels the situation to be. God’s RIGHTEOUSNESS, as often in the OT, is his faithfulness in keeping his promises (also v. Psal... [ Continue Reading ]
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 35:27 The song’s high point is the prospect of telling all the faithful (THOSE WHO DELIGHT IN MY RIGHTEOUSNESS) of God’s faithfulness (v. Psalms 35:28; see vv. Psalms 35:9, Psalms 35:18). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒... [ Continue Reading ]