Psalms 35:4-14

4 Let those be ¹ashamed and dishonored who seek my life; Let those be ²turned back and humiliated who devise evil against me.

5 Let them be ³like chaff before the wind, With the angel of the LORD driving them on.

6 Let their way be dark and ⁴slippery, With the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

7 For ⁵without cause they ⁶hid their net for me; Without cause they dug a pit for my soul.

8 Let ⁷destruction come upon him unawares *, And ⁸let the net which he hid catch himself; Into that very ⁹destruction let him fall.

9 And my soul shall ¹⁰rejoice in the LORD; It shall ¹¹exult in His salvation.

10 All my ¹²bones will say, "LORD, ¹³who is like You, Who delivers the afflicted from him ¹⁴who is too strong for him, And ¹⁵the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?"

11 ¹⁶Malicious witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I do not know.

12 They ¹⁷repay me evil for good, To the bereavement of my soul.

13 But as for me, ¹⁸when they were sick, my ¹⁹clothing was sackcloth; I ²⁰humbled my soul with fasting, And my ²¹prayer kept returning to my bosom.

14 I went about as though it were my friend or brother; I ²²bowed down mourning, as one who sorrows for a mother.

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Psalms 35:4-14 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 22

1. Psalms 70:2
2. Psalms 40:14; Psalms 129:5
3. Job 21:18; Psalms 83:13; Isaiah 29:5
4. Psalms 73:18; Jeremiah 23:12
5. Psalms 69:4; Psalms 109:3; Psalms 140:5
6. Psalms 9:15
7. Psalms 55:23; Isaiah 47:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:3
8. Psalms 9:15
9. Psalms 73:18
10. Isaiah 61:10
11. Psalms 9:14; Psalms 13:5; Luke 1:47
12. Psalms 51:8
13. Exodus 15:11; Psalms 86:8; Micah 7:18
14. Psalms 18:17
15. Psalms 37:14; Psalms 109:16
16. Psalms 27:12
17. Psalms 38:20; Psalms 109:5; Jeremiah 18:20; John 10:32
18. Job 30:25
19. Psalms 69:11
20. Psalms 69:10
21. Matthew 10:13; Luke 10:6
22. Psalms 38:6

Footnotes 3

[a]. Or "soul"
[b]. "Pit" has been transposed from line above
[c]. Or "dressed in black"

Psalms 35:4-14

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Psalms 35:4-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 35

Cross References 22

Footnotes 3