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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 35:17-28

In these verses, as before, I. David describes the great injustice, malice, and insolence, of his persecutors, pleading this with God as a reason why he should protect him from them and appear against them. 1. They were very unrighteous; they were his enemies wrongfully, for he never gave them any provocation: They hated h 2be1 im without a cause; nay, for that for which they ought rather to have loved and honoured him. This is quoted, with application to Christ, and is said to be fulfilled in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 35:26

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together ,.... In a body, as one man; as they gathered together against him, Psalm 35:15 ; so he entreats they might together be brought to shame and confusion, they not being able to execute their designs; their schemes being broken, their counsels defeated, and they exposed to contempt; that rejoice at mine hurt ; the same with his adversity, or halting, Psalm 35:15 ; let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 35:27

Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause ,.... The cause of David was a righteous cause, he having done no iniquity, or anything criminal against Saul his enemy, who persecuted him; and there were some that favoured his cause, as Jonathan, Saul's son, and a few others of rank and figure; but the greatest part were mean and despicable, 1 Samuel 22:2 ; and so the cause of Christ and of his people, which is one, is a righteous cause, which no one need to be ashamed... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 35:28

And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness ,.... In vindicating his cause, and bringing his enemies to shame and confusion, as well as of the glory and excellency of that righteousness of his, by which he was justified in his sight, and from whence his inward peace and prosperity flowed: and of thy praise all the day long ; for the many mercies, temporal and spiritual, he was every day favoured with. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 35:26

Let them be ashamed - This may be a prophetic declaration against Saul and his courtiers. They were ashamed, confounded, clothed with shame, and dishonored. All these took place in Saul's last battle with the Philistines, where he lost his crown and his life, and came to a most dishonorable end. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 35:27

Let them shout for joy and be glad - While my enemies are confounded, let my friends exult in the Lord; and let them all praise him for his marvellous kindness to me. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 35:28

And my tongue shall speak - I, who am chiefly concerned, and who have received most, am under the greatest obligation; and it will require the constant gratitude and obedience of my whole life to discharge the mighty debt I owe. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 35:26

Verse 26 26.Let those who rejoice at thy hurt be ashamed and confounded together. This imprecation has already been expounded; and it is only necessary to remark, that there is peculiar force in the expression, together, or at once. It shows that it was not only one or two, but a great multitude, who waged war against him, and that he yielded not to the influence of fear, but believed that as soon as God should lift up his hand, he could at one stroke easily overthrow them all. When it is said... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 35:27

Verse 27 27.Let those who favor my righteous cause rejoice and be glad. These two expressions, which are rendered in the optative mood, might have been translated with equal propriety in the future tense; but as this is a matter of little consequence, I leave it undecided. David here extols the deliverance which he asks of God, and exults in the results which should flow from it; namely, that it would be an occasion of general rejoicing and good hope to all the godly, while at the same time it... read more

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