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Verse Psalms 35:14. _MOURNETH_ FOR HIS _MOTHER._] כאבל אם
_caabel em_, as a mourning mother. How expressive is this word!...
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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...
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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 (Psalms 35:19)
This Psalm introduces us...
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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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The causelessness of the Psalmist's persecution and the ingratitude of
his persecutors are urged as reasons for God's interference on his
behalf....
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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...
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AS ONE THAT MOURNETH, &C.— _As a mourning mother._...
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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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_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...
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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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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....
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כְּ רֵֽעַ ־כְּ אָ֣ח לִ֭י
הִתְהַלָּ֑כְתִּי כַּ אֲבֶל ־אֵ֝֗ם
קֹדֵ֥ר שַׁחֹֽותִי׃...
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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 wh...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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THE HYPOCRISY AND MALICE OF THE WICKED...
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BEHAVED:
_ Heb._ walked
MY FRIEND, OR BROTHER:
_ Heb._ as a friend, as a brother to me...
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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...
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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...
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Psalms 35:14 about H1980 (H8694) friend H7453 brother H251 down H7817
(H8804) heavily H6937 (H8802) mourns H57 mother H517
I behaved - etc. Heb. I walked as a friend, as brother to me, I bowed.
2 Sam...
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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)....
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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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_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...
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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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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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2 Samuel 1:11; 2 Samuel 1:12; 2 Samuel 1:17; Genesis 24:67; Luke
19:41; Luke 19:42...