Psalms 35:5

5 Blow them away like chaff in the wind— a wind sent by the angel of the LORD .

Psalms 35:5 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 35:5

Let them be as chaff before the wind
As they are; see ( Psalms 1:4 ) ;

and let the angel of the Lord chase [them];
either a good angel, who is the Lord's, his creature that ministers unto him, and is ready to obey his orders; and who, as he encamps about the saints and protects them, so he is able to destroy their enemies; as one angel in a night destroyed all the firstborn in Egypt, and another the whole army of the Assyrians, ( Exodus 12:29 ) ( 2 Kings 19:35 ) ; an angel of the Lord, who is swift to fly, and so to chase and overtake, and able to execute whatever is the will of the Lord; or else an evil angel, who is the Lord's, being made by him, though not made evil by him; and who is under his restraints, and can do nothing but by his permission; and who sometimes is employed by the Lord, as the executioner of his wrath upon wicked men; is suffered to distress and torture their consciences in this life, and hereafter drag them into everlasting burnings, prepared for the devil and his angels.

Psalms 35:5 In-Context

3 Lift up your spear and javelin against those who pursue me. Let me hear you say, “I will give you victory!”

4 Bring shame and disgrace on those trying to kill me; turn them back and humiliate those who want to harm me.

5 Blow them away like chaff in the wind— a wind sent by the angel of the LORD .

6 Make their path dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

7 I did them no wrong, but they laid a trap for me. I did them no wrong, but they dug a pit to catch me.