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Verse Psalms 35:8. _LET HIS NET THAT HE HATH HID_] See the notes on
Psalms 7:15; Psalms 7:16....
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LET DESTRUCTION COME UPON HIM AT UNAWARES - Margin, which “he
knoweth not of.” So the Hebrew. The meaning is, Let destruction come
upon him when he is not looking for it, or expecting it.
AND LET HIS...
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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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Let his mischief recoil upon his own head. Cp. Psalms 7:15; Psalms
9:15; Psalms 57:6; and with the first line cp. Isaiah 47:11. Does the
singular individualise ea
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The causelessness of their insidious enmity is the ground for such a
prayer. May their schemes recoil on their own heads....
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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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_LET DESTRUCTION COME UPON HIM AT UNAWARES; AND LET HIS NET THAT HE
HATH HID CATCH HIMSELF: INTO THAT VERY DESTRUCTION LET HIM FALL._
Let destruction ... unawares - even as he had tried to take by
su...
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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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LET DESTRUCTION. — There is considerable difficulty here, and the
ancient versions, by their variations, seem to point to some confusion
in the text. The LXX., no doubt, are right in reading the prono...
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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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Let destruction come upon (f) him at unawares; and let his net that he
hath hid catch himself: into (g) that very destruction let him fall.
(f) When he promises peace to himself.
(g) Which he prepar...
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_O how. So the Hebrew and Septuagint read; quemadmodum may also
(Berthier) signify "as." God has given such proofs of his great
mercies to all. (Haydock) --- Of men. People must lay aside their
stupid...
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Who can be at a loss to discover the blessed Jesus here pointed out,
of him it might be strictly said, it was indeed causeless when the
enemies of God's Christ sought his destruction: John 15:25. And...
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8._Let confusion of which he is not aware come upon him. _David again
prays that God would cause to return upon the head of his enemies the
mischief which they had directed against a just and an inoff...
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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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LET DESTRUCTION COME UPON HIM AT UNAWARES,.... Or a "storm" r, such as
is caused in the eastern countries by a south wind, very sudden,
violent, and destructive s: the singular number being here used,...
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Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he
hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
Ver. 8. _Let destruction come upon him unawares_] _i.e._ Upon the
w...
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_Let destruction come upon him_ Upon each of thine and mine implacable
enemies, of whom he had hitherto spoken. Or, rather, by this change of
the plural number into the singular, he points at Saul, hi...
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PRAYER AGAINST THE GODLESS.
A psalm of David, invoking God's aid against the ungodly, contrasting
the hypocrisy, cunning, and malice of the wicked with the integrity
and generosity of the righteous,...
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Let destruction come upon him at unawares, devastation striking all
the enemies of David and Jehovah before they realized their danger;
AND LET HIS NET THAT HE HATH HID CATCH HIMSELF; INTO THAT VERY
D...
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AT UNAWARES:
_ Heb._ which he knoweth not of...
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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. Dav...
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UPON HIM, i.e. upon each of thine and mine implacable enemies, of whom
he hath hitherto spoken....
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Psalms 35:8 destruction H7722 come H935 (H8799) unexpectedly H3045
(H8799) H3808 net H7568 hidden H2934 ...
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HE ASKS THAT THOSE WHO ARE HUNTING FOR HIM MIGHT FALL INTO THE TRAP
THAT THEY THEMSELVES HAVE SET SO THAT ONCE MORE HE CAN REJOICE IN
YHWH'S SALVATION (PSALMS 35:7).
This movement from the battle gro...
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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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_Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation._
SAVED OR UNSAVED
I. the earnest entreaty of a troubled soul. It was said of the great
Sir Isaac Newton that he had a white soul, so pure was it. But this
can b...
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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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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 Go...
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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 18:17; 1 Samuel 31:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; 2 Samuel 17:23;...