Psalms 35
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16. mockers--who were hired to make sport at feasts ( Proverbs 28:21 ).
17. darling--(Compare Psalms 22:20 Psalms 22:21 ).
18. (Compare Psalms 22:22 ).
19. enemies wrongfully--by false and slanderous imputations.
wink with the eye--an insulting gesture ( Proverbs 6:13 ).
without a cause--manifests more malice than having a wrong cause.
20. deceitful matters--or, "words of deceit."
quiet in the land--the pious lovers of peace.
21. On the gesture compare Psalms 22:7 ; and on the expressions of malicious triumph, compare Psalms 10:13 , 28:3 .
23, 24. (Compare Psalms 7:6 , 26:1 , 2 Thessalonians 1:6 ). God's righteous government is the hope of the pious and terror of the wicked.
25. swallowed him up--utterly destroyed him ( Psalms 21:9 , Lamentations 2:16 ).
26. clothed--covered wholly ( Job 8:22 ).
27. favour . . . cause--delight in it, as vindicated by Thee.
Let the Lord, &c.--Let Him be greatly praised for His care of the just.
28. In this praise of God's equitable government ( Psalms 5:8 ) the writer promises ever to engage.