Let them not say in their hearts, ah, so would we have it,.... Or we have what our souls wished for and desired: the sense of the petition is the same with Psalms 27:12;
let them not say, we have swallowed him up; as roaring lions swallow down their prey, to which he had compared them, Psalms 35:17; and as wicked men eat up the Lord's people as they eat bread, Psalms 14:4.
Verse Psalms 35:25. _SWALLOWED HIM UP._] בלענוהו _billaanuhu, we have gulped_ _him down_....
LET THEM NOT SAY IN THEIR HEARTS - Let them not congratulate themselves on the result; let them not feel that they have triumphed; let them not, under thy government, come off victorious in doing wron...
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...
WE. our soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13 :. we have our great desire at last....
_Ah, so would we have it_ Lit. _Aha, our desire!_ We have swallowed him up Destroying every trace of his existence. Cp. Psalms 124:3; Proverbs 1:12; Lamentations 2:16....
Renewed prayer in a somewhat calmer tone....
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...
_LET THEM NOT SAY IN THEIR HEARTS, AH, SO WOULD WE HAVE IT: LET THEM NOT SAY, WE HAVE SWALLOWED HIM UP._ Ah! so would we have it - literally, 'Ah! our soul;' i:e., 'our wish,' on which we have set ou...
35:25 it. (k-13) Lit. 'our desire!'...
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...
אַל ־יֹאמְר֣וּ בְ֭ לִבָּם הֶאָ֣ח נַפְשֵׁ֑נוּ...
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...
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....
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...
Let them not say in their hearts, (s) Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. (s) Because we have that which we sought for, seeing he is destroyed....
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...
_MEAN PRAYERS_ ‘Let them not say.’ Psalms 35:25 Psalms 35 is one of the fiercest imprecatory psalms. I. DAVID IS HERE IN ONE OF HIS LOWEST MOODS.—He becomes at this point a poor creature like the...
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...
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. Ver. 25. _Ah, so would we have it_] Heb. Ah, ah, my soul; that is, our desire; we are _voti comp...
_Let them not say, Ah! so would we have it_ Hebrew, _Aha, our soul;_ an expression of mirth, as before, Psalms 35:21, or, _Aha_, we have _our wish_, or _desire. We have swallowed him up_ David is now...
Let them not say in their hearts, in their greed to devour, in their desire to destroy, AH, SO WOULD WE HAVE IT! LET THEM NOT SAY, WE HAVE SWALLOWED HIM UP....
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AH, SO WOULD WE HAVE IT: _ Heb._ Ah, ah, our soul...
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...
AH, SO WOULD WE HAVE IT; Heb. _Aha, our soul_, i.e. Oh our soul crieth, _Aha_; an expression of mirth, as before, PSALMS 35:21. Or, _Aha_, we have our wish or desire, as the _soul_ is taken, PSALMS 41...
Psalms 35:25 say H559 (H8799) hearts H3820 Ah H1889 would H5315 say H559 (H8799) up H1104 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 Corinthians 15:54; 2 Samuel 20:19; Exodus 15:9; Job 1:5; L