Psalms 35:10-20

10 My very bones will say, "Lord, who is like You, rescuing the poor from one too strong for him, the poor or the needy from one who robs him?"

11 Malicious witnesses come forward; they question me about things I do not know.

12 They repay me evil for good, making me desolate.

13 Yet when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, and my prayer was genuine.^[a]

14 I went about [grieving] as if for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning a mother.

15 But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee; they gathered against me. Assailants I did not know tore at me and did not stop.

16 With godless mockery^[b] they gnashed their teeth at me.

17 Lord, how long will You look on? Rescue my life from their ravages, my very life^[c] from the young lions.

18 I will praise You in the great congregation; I will exalt You among many people.

19 Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me; do not let those who hate me without cause look at me maliciously.

20 For they do not speak in friendly ways, but contrive deceitful schemes^[d] against those who live peacefully in the land.

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Psalms 35:10-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 35

\\<<[A Psalm] of David>>\\. This psalm seems to have been written by David, when he was persecuted by Saul; and when many false charges were brought against him by his courtiers; and when he was the scorn and derision of the people; the subject of it is pretty much of the same kind with the seventh psalm, and might be written about the same time that was, and on the same occasion; and it may be applied to the church and people of God in like cases. There is a passage in it, Ps 35:19, which our Lord seems to refer to and apply to himself, Joh 15:25; and some interpret the whole of it concerning him. The Arabic version calls it a prophecy of the incarnation; though there does not appear any thing in it applicable to that.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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[a]. Lit prayer returned to my chest
[b]. Hb obscure
[c]. Lit my only one
[d]. Lit but devise deceitful words

Psalms 35:10-20

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Psalms 35:10-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 35

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