Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Psalms 35:3
Verse Psalms 35:3. Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.] Give me an assurance that thou wilt defend both body and soul against my adversaries.
Verse Psalms 35:3. Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.] Give me an assurance that thou wilt defend both body and soul against my adversaries.
DRAW OUT ALSO THE SPEAR - The word here rendered “draw out” means properly to pour out; to empty; and it is applied to the act of emptying sacks, Genesis 42:35; to emptying bottles, Jeremiah 48:12; to...
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...
STOP. close up. Some render "battle axe" or "barricade". PERSECUTE. pursue. MY SOUL. me (emph.) Hebrew. _nephesh._...
-Anthropomorphic" language of remarkable boldness, expanding the idea of Jehovah as "a man of war" (Exodus 15:3: cp. Deuteronomy 32:41 f.). _shield and buckler_ See note on Psalms 5:12. The mention of...
Appeal to Jehovah to arm himself as the Psalmist's champion....
DISCOURSE: 555 THE SINNER’S HOPE Psalms 35:3. _Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation._ SUSPENSE is extremely painful to the human mind, and the more so in proportion to the danger to which we are expo...
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...
_DRAW OUT ALSO THE SPEAR, AND STOP THE WAY AGAINST THEM THAT PERSECUTE ME: SAY UNTO MY SOUL, I AM THY SALVATION._ Draw out also the spear - namely, from thy armoury. AND STOP (THE WAY) - interpose...
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...
DRAW OUT ALSO THE SPEAR — _i.e.,_ from the sheath, that seems to have been used to guard its point. So δουροδόκη (Homer, _Odyssey,_ i. 128). STOP THE WAY. — So LXX., Vulg., and all ancient versions. M...
וְ הָ֘רֵ֤ק חֲנִ֣ית וּ֭ סְגֹר לִ קְרַ֣את
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...
Draw out also the spear, and stop [the way] against them that persecute me: say unto my (c) soul, I [am] thy salvation. (c) Assure me against these temptations, that you are the author of my salvatio...
Unto hatred. That is, hateful to God (Challoner) and man; (Haydock) or that he may be able to hurt, as Hebrew also may insinuate. (Berthier) --- Septuagint, "to find and hate his iniquity." But he act...
The last clause in these verses shows the blessedness in what goeth before. If the Lord speak pardon and peace to my soul, he will speak ruin and slaughter unto all mine enemies. Reader! what a precio...
3._Say to my soul. _Some expound these words thus: Declare to me by secret inspiration; and others, Make me to feel indeed that my salvation is in thy hand. In my opinion, David desires to have it tho...
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...
DRAW OUT ALSO THE SPEAR,.... An offensive weapon; expressive of the vengeance which God sometimes takes of the enemies of his people, when he bends his bow, shoots his arrows, whets his glittering swo...
Draw out also the spear, and stop [the way] against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I [am] thy salvation. Ver. 3. _Draw out also the spear_] viz. That thy contending and appearing for me ma...
_Plead my cause, O Lord_, &c. Take my part, and maintain my cause against those that contend with me, and have raised war against me; for I am not able to defend myself, and have none else to appear f...
Draw out also the spear, as a weapon both of defense and of offense, AND STOP THE WAY AGAINST THEM THAT PERSECUTE ME, so that they cannot proceed. SAY UNTO MY SOUL, I AM THY SALVATION, an assurance on...
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,...
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...
THE SPEAR; thy offensive weapons. He alludes to the practice of soldiers in battle. THE WAY, in which they are marching directly and furiously against me. But divers interpreters, both Hebrews and oth...
Psalms 35:3 out H7324 (H8685) spear H2595 stop H5462 (H8798) pursue H7125 (H8800) H7291 ...
THE PSALMIST ASKS THAT GOD WILL PROTECT HIM AND STAND FIRM IN HIS DEFENCE (PSALMS 35:1). In these first three verses we have a vivid picture drawn of God dressed in heavenly armour, and fully armed. H...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 23:26; 1 Samuel 23:27; Acts 4:28; Genesis 49:18; Isaiah 10:12
Say — By thy spirit assuring me of it: and by thy providence effecting it....