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Psalms 35:22-26

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. Psalms 35:28).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 35:22. THIS _THOU HAST SEEN_] I have no need to adduce evidences of these wrongs; thou, to whom I appeal, hast seen them. Therefore,...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THIS THOU HAST SEEN, O LORD - Thou hast seen what they have done, as they profess to have seen what I have done Psalms 35:21. Thine eye has been upon all their movements, as they say that theirs has b...

  • 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

    THOU HAST SEEN. Another eye has seen....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    He turns their taunt into a plea: Thou hast seen, O Jehovah. Cp. Psalms 35:17, note. _keep not silence_ The same word as in Psalms 28:1, where R.V. renders, _be not thou deaf unto me_. With _be not fa...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Renewed prayer in a somewhat calmer tone....

  • 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

    _THIS THOU HAST SEEN, O LORD: KEEP NOT SILENCE: O LORD, BE NOT FAR FROM ME._ This thou hast seen, O Lord - (Psalms 10:14; Exodus 3:7.) Yahweh's seeing it stands in beautiful contrast to their boast ...

  • 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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    רָאִ֣יתָה יְ֭הוָה אַֽל ־תֶּחֱרַ֑שׁ אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י אֲל...

  • 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

    Christ is frequently in scripture represented as longing for the year of his redeemed, before his coming; and both Christ and the Church longing also for his second coming to be glorified in his saint...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    22._O Jehovah! thou hast also seen it. _There is in these words an implied contrast between the view which God is here represented as taking, and the sight at which, as we are told in the preceding ve...

  • 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

    [THIS] THOU HAST SEEN, O LORD,.... The insults and derisions of these men, and the injuries they did to him, whom they hated. God is omniscient, and sees all things, all the evil wicked men do to him;...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Psalms 35:22 [This] thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me. Ver. 22. _This thou hast seen, O Lord_] This answereth to that before, Psalms 35:21. Our eye hath seen it, as...

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

    _Thou hast seen, O Lord_ As they say they have seen, so my comfort is, that thou also hast seen, and dost observe all their plots and threats, and all my distresses and calamities, which I suffer for...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    EARNEST PRAYER FOR RELIEF...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    This Thou hast seen, O Lord, the manner in which the enemies acted. KEEP NOT SILENCE; O LORD, BE NOT FAR FROM ME! in this great emergency, where He alone could provide help....

  • 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

    As they say they have seen, so my comfort is, thou also hast seen, and dost observe all their plots and threats, and all my distresses and calamities, which I suffer for thy sake. KEEP NOT SILENCE; or...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 35:22 seen H7200 (H8804) LORD H3068 silence H2790 (H8799) Lord H136 far H7368 (H8799) This -

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    HE CALLS ON GOD TO VINDICATE HIM, BY PUNISHING THOSE WHO ARE AGAINST HIM, AND BY REWARDING THOSE WHO TAKE UP HIS CAUSE, AT WHICH POINT HE WILL MAKE KNOWN TO ALL WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR HIM (PSALMS 35:22...

  • 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 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

    Acts 7:34; Exodus 3:7; Isaiah 65:6; Psalms 10:1; Psalms 22:11;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    This — Thou also hast seen, all their plots and threats, and all my distresses and calamities. Keep not — Be not deaf, to my prayers. The same word signifies, both to be silent, and to be deaf....

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