Psaume 35:5

5 Qu'ils soient comme la paille livrée au vent, et que l'ange de l'Éternel les chasse!

Psaume 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.

Psaume 35:5 In-Context

3 Saisis la lance, barre le passage à ceux qui me poursuivent; dis à mon âme: Je suis ton salut.

4 Qu'ils soient honteux et confus, ceux qui en veulent à ma vie; qu'ils reculent et qu'ils rougissent, ceux qui méditent mon malheur!

5 Qu'ils soient comme la paille livrée au vent, et que l'ange de l'Éternel les chasse!

6 Que leur chemin soit ténébreux et glissant, et que l'ange de l'Éternel les poursuive!

7 Car sans cause ils m'ont tendu leur filet sur une fosse; sans cause ils l'ont creusée pour m'ôter la vie.