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LET THEM BE AS CHAFF BEFORE THE WIND - As chaff is driven away in
winnowing grain. See the notes at Psalms 1:4.
AND LET THE ANGEL OF THE LORD CHASE THEM - Drive them away, or scatter
them. Angels are...
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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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WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._
THE ANGEL OF THE LORD. See note on Psalms 34:7....
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Prayer for the repulse and rout of his enemies. No doubt the language
might be entirely figurative, but it is more naturally explained if a
literal fulfilment was at least a possibility....
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Let them be as chaff before the wind,
The angel of Jehovah thrusting them down.
Let their way be all dark and slippery,
The angel of Jehovah pursuing them.
A terrible picture of a pell-mell rout....
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AND LET THE ANGEL OF THE LORD CHASE THEM— _And an angel of the Lord
driving: i.e._ a very violent wind. _He maketh his angels wind,_ &c.
Mudge....
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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 THEM BE AS CHAFF BEFORE THE WIND: AND LET THE ANGEL OF THE LORD
CHASE THEM._
Let them be as chaff - (Psalms 1:4.)
ANGEL ... The same Divine Angel who "encampeth round about them that
fear Him...
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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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AS CHAFF. — Comp. Psalms 1:4, and see Note. There can be little
doubt that the “angel of Jehovah” in this and the following verse
is (comp. Psalms 104:4) a personification of the “hurricane”
itself, w...
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יִֽהְי֗וּ כְּ מֹ֥ץ לִ פְנֵי ־ר֑וּחַ וּ
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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 them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD
(d) chase [them].
(d) Smite them with the spirit of giddiness that their enterprises may
be foolish, and they received just reward....
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_Set himself, "persevering" in wickedness. (St. Augustine)_...
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When the prayer is thus expressed in faith, let the opposers of Christ
and his church be confounded, and ashamed, and turned back; it is in
other words, they shall be so brought to ruin and confusion....
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The same thing he expresses more clearly in the following verse,
praying that the angel of the Lord would drive them through dark and
slippery places, so that reason and understanding might fail them,...
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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 THEM BE AS CHAFF BEFORE THE WIND,.... As they are; see Psalms 1:4;
AND LET THE ANGEL OF THE LORD CHASE [THEM]; either a good angel, who
is the Lord's, his creature that ministers unto him, and is...
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Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD
chase [them].
Ver. 5. _Let them be as chaff_] _Facti sint a corde suo fugitivi,_ let
them fly before their own consciences, restles...
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_Let them be_ Or, _They shall be; as chaff before the wind_ That is,
dispersed and chased from place to place, finding rest and safety
nowhere. _And let the angel of the Lord_ Whom God employs to defe...
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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 them be as chaff before the wind, scattered to the four corners of
the earth; AND LET THE ANGEL OF THE LORD CHASE THEM, Jehovah Himself,
in the person of this Angel, thrusting them down and destro...
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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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AS CHAFF BEFORE THE WIND, i.e. dispersed and chased from place to
place, finding rest and safety no where. THE ANGEL OF THE LORD; whom
God useth to defend his people, and to destroy their enemies....
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Psalms 35:5 chaff H4671 before H6440 wind H7307 angel H4397 LORD H3068
chase H1760 (H8802)
as chaff -...
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HE CALLS ON GOD BY HIS ANGEL TO DRIVE HIS ENEMIES BACK AND PUT THEM TO
FLIGHT (PSALMS 35:4).
Not content with the fact that YHWH will stand with him to protect
him, he calls on Him to pursue his enem...
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ANGEL
(_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
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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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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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Acts 12:23; Exodus 14:19; Hebrews 11:28; Hosea 13:3; Isaiah 17:13;...