Psalms 35:10-20

10 All my ¹bones will say, "LORD, ²who is like You, Who delivers the afflicted from him ³who is too strong for him, And ⁴the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?"

11 ⁵Malicious witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I do not know.

12 They ⁶repay me evil for good, To the bereavement of my soul.

13 But as for me, ⁷when they were sick, my ⁸clothing was sackcloth; I ⁹humbled my soul with fasting, And my ¹⁰prayer kept returning to my bosom.

14 I went about as though it were my friend or brother; I ¹¹bowed down mourning, as one who sorrows for a mother.

15 But ¹²at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered themselves together; The ¹³smiters whom I did not know gathered together against me, They ¹⁴slandered me without ceasing.

16 Like godless jesters at a feast, They ¹⁵gnashed at me with their teeth.

17 Lord, ¹⁶how long will You look on? Rescue my soul ¹⁷from their ravages, My ¹⁸only life from the lions.

18 I will ¹⁹give You thanks in the great congregation; I will ²⁰praise You among a mighty throng.

19 ²¹Do not let those who are wrongfully ²²my enemies rejoice over me; Nor let those ²³who hate me without cause ²⁴wink maliciously *.

20 For they do not speak peace, But they devise ²⁵deceitful words against those who are quiet 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

Cross References 25

1. Psalms 51:8
2. Exodus 15:11; Psalms 86:8; Micah 7:18
3. Psalms 18:17
4. Psalms 37:14; Psalms 109:16
5. Psalms 27:12
6. Psalms 38:20; Psalms 109:5; Jeremiah 18:20; John 10:32
7. Job 30:25
8. Psalms 69:11
9. Psalms 69:10
10. Matthew 10:13; Luke 10:6
11. Psalms 38:6
12. Obadiah 12
13. Job 30:1, 8, 12
14. Psalms 7:2
15. Job 16:9; Psalms 37:12; Lamentations 2:16
16. Psalms 13:1; Habakkuk 1:13
17. Psalms 35:7
18. Psalms 22:20, 21
19. Psalms 22:22
20. Psalms 22:25
21. Psalms 13:4; Psalms 30:1; Psalms 38:16
22. Psalms 38:19; Psalms 69:4
23. John 15:25
24. Proverbs 6:13; Proverbs 10:10
25. Psalms 55:21; Jeremiah 9:8; Micah 6:12

Footnotes 5

[a]. Or "dressed in black"
[b]. Or "limping"
[c]. Or "smitten ones"
[d]. Lit "tore"
[e]. Or "wink the eye"

Psalms 35:10-20

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Psalms 35:10-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 35

Cross References 25

Footnotes 5