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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 35:1-28

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 king who daily slandered him. Thus we also pray against enemies. REFLECTIONS. The argument to this psalm, as in Psalms 26:0., is an invocation to God against the injustice of Saul and his court, who long pursued David with the sword. Under slander and implicated wrongs he appeals to that bar... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 35:1

Psalms 35:1 « [A Psalm] of David. » Plead [my cause], O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. Ver. 1. Plead my cause, O Lord ] We may safely pray the same, when oppressed with calumnies and false accusations, as now David was by Saul’s sycophants, or, as others think, when he was in great heaviness, and even heart sick; after that Amnon had defiled Tamar, and Absalom had slain Amnon; his disaffected subjects, such as Shimei, insulted over him, and said,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 35:2

Psa 35:2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. Ver. 2. Take hold of shield and buckler ] Jehovah is a man of war, Exodus 15:3 , and so he is here stirred up to harness himself; not that he needeth weapons defensive, as here, or offensive, as Psalms 35:3 , for he can destroy his enemies, solo nutu ac flatu, with a nod, or a blast; but this is spoken after the manner of men, and for our better apprehension of God’s readiness to relieve his distressed ones. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 35:3

Psa 35:3 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 may appear to be sufficient and glorious. And stop the way ] Heb. And stop, viz. the doors, as Genesis 19:6 ; Gen 19:10 2 Kings 6:32 , lest the malcontents come in and kill me. Or, shut me up from my persecutors, that they find me not; like as, afterwards, God hid Jeremiah and Baruch, when... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 35:1

am 2942, bc 1062 Plead: Psalms 43:1, Psalms 119:154, 1 Samuel 24:15, Proverbs 22:23, Proverbs 23:11, Jeremiah 51:36, Lamentations 3:58, Micah 7:9 fight: Exodus 14:25, Joshua 10:42, Nehemiah 4:20, Acts 5:39, Acts 23:9 Reciprocal: Joshua 23:10 - Lord 1 Samuel 24:12 - Lord judge Psalms 5:10 - let Psalms 7:1 - save Psalms 7:6 - Arise Psalms 108:6 - save Psalms 138:7 - thou shalt stretch Isaiah 51:22 - pleadeth Jeremiah 50:34 - plead Lamentations 3:59 - judge Habakkuk 3:9 - bow read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 35:2

Psalms 7:12, Psalms 7:13, Exodus 15:3, Deuteronomy 32:41, Deuteronomy 32:42, Isaiah 13:5, Isaiah 42:13 Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 22:31 - a buckler Psalms 18:37 - General Jeremiah 11:20 - revealed read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 35:3

stop: Psalms 27:2, Psalms 76:10, 1 Samuel 23:26, 1 Samuel 23:27, Job 1:10, Isaiah 8:9, Isaiah 8:10, Isaiah 10:12, Acts 4:28 say: Psalms 51:12, Psalms 62:7, Psalms 91:16, Genesis 49:18, Isaiah 12:2, Luke 2:30 Reciprocal: Exodus 17:12 - stayed up his hands John 6:20 - It is read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 35:3

Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.Say — By thy spirit assuring me of it: and by thy providence effecting it. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 35:1

1. Plead my cause Hebrew, simply plead. The term is properly forensic, as Job 13:6, but here it means forcible coercion. It variously denotes strife or striving of any kind, but the imagery of Psalms 35:1-3 is wholly martial, showing that things had passed beyond the limits of argument and reason, and nothing would avail but power in the line of judgment. This the psalmist cannot undertake, and appeals the matter directly to God. Fight A stronger and more specific word than “plead.” read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 35:2

2. Take hold of shield and buckler “Shield” and “buckler” are not synonymous terms. The former was smaller, used mainly for the defence of the head, the latter covered the whole body. To “take hold,” or take strong hold, of these, indicates strength and resolution for the defence. read more

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 35:1-28

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 35:1

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 35:2

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 35:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 35:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 35:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 35:3

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 35:3

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 35:1

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 35:2

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