Psalms 35:7-13

7 iustitia tua sicut montes Dei iudicia tua abyssus multa homines et iumenta salvabis Domine

8 quemadmodum multiplicasti misericordiam tuam Deus filii autem hominum in tegmine alarum tuarum sperabunt

9 inebriabuntur ab ubertate domus tuae et torrente voluntatis tuae potabis eos

10 quoniam apud te fons vitae in lumine tuo videbimus lumen

11 praetende misericordiam tuam scientibus te et iustitiam tuam his qui recto sunt corde

12 non veniat mihi pes superbiae et manus peccatoris non moveat me

13 ibi ceciderunt qui operantur iniquitatem expulsi sunt nec potuerunt stare

Psalms 35:7-13 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.