Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Psalms 35:14
I bowed down heavily. — Better, I went squalid, and bowed down, alluding to the neglected beard and person, and to the dust and ashes of Oriental mourning.
I bowed down heavily. — Better, I went squalid, and bowed down, alluding to the neglected beard and person, and to the dust and ashes of Oriental mourning.
Verse Psalms 35:14. _MOURNETH_ FOR HIS _MOTHER._] כאבל אם _caabel em_, as a mourning mother. How expressive is this word!...
I BEHAVED MYSELF - Margin, as in Hebrew: “I walked.” The word “walk,” in the Scriptures, is often used to denote a course of conduct; the way in which a man lives and acts: Philippians 3:18; Galatians...
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 ...
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...
The causelessness of the Psalmist's persecution and the ingratitude of his persecutors are urged as reasons for God's interference on his behalf....
Better with R.V. I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother. Had they been his nearest and dearest, he could not have di...
DISCOURSE: 556 COMPASSION TO THE SICK Psalms 35:13._ As for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into my own bosom. I behaved mys...
AS ONE THAT MOURNETH, &C.— _As a mourning mother._...
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...
_I BEHAVED MYSELF AS THOUGH HE HAD BEEN MY FRIEND OR BROTHER: I BOWED DOWN HEAVILY, AS ONE THAT MOURNETH FOR HIS MOTHER._ I behaved myself - literally, 'I walked,' or 'went along.' AS THOUGH ... OR...
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...
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...
כְּ רֵֽעַ ־כְּ אָ֣ח לִ֭י הִתְהַלָּ֑כְתִּי כַּ
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...
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...
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...
Literally this is true of Christ. For our sickness was unto death. And to recover us did not Jesus clothe himself with the sackcloth of mortality? Did he not fast forty days and forty nights? Did he n...
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...
I BEHAVED MYSELF AS THOUGH [HE HAD BEEN] MY FRIEND [OR] BROTHER,.... Meaning either Saul or Doeg the Edomite, or some such evil man; somewhat like this he says of Ahithophel, Psalms 41:9; and Arama th...
I behaved myself as though [he had been] my friend [or] brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth [for his] mother. Ver. 14. _I behaved myself as though he had been, &c._] My brother a thou...
_I behaved myself_ Hebrew, התהלכתי, _hithhalacti, I caused myself to walk_, namely, to visit and comfort him; or, I conducted myself toward him, _as though he had been my friend_, &c. As if I had been...
I behaved myself as though he, the enemy in distress, HAD BEEN MY FRIEND OR BROTHER; I BOWED DOWN HEAVILY, in dust and ashes, so that he appeared squalid and dirty, AS ONE THAT MOURNETH FOR HIS MOTHER...
THE HYPOCRISY AND MALICE OF THE WICKED...
BEHAVED: _ Heb._ walked MY FRIEND, OR BROTHER: _ Heb._ as a friend, as a brother to me...
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...
I BEHAVED MYSELF, Heb. _I walked_; either to him, to visit and comfort him; or about the streets, whither my occasions led me. Though walking is oft put for a man's carriage or conversation. I BOWED D...
Psalms 35:14 about H1980 (H8694) friend H7453 brother H251 down H7817 (H8804) heavily H6937 (H8802) mourns...
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)....
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...
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...
_I bowed down heavily as one that mourneth for his mother._ THE DUTY OF SURVIVING CHILDREN TO THE MEMORY OF PIOUS AND DEPARTED MOTHERS I. some general observations on the text. 1. It displays a bea...
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...
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...
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...
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...
2 Samuel 1:11; 2 Samuel 1:12; 2 Samuel 1:17; Genesis 24:67; Luke 19: