Psalmen 35:16

16 Onder de huichelende spotachtige tafelbroeders knersten zij over mij met hun tanden.

Psalmen 35:16 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 35:16

With hypocritical mockers in feasts
That is, the abjects gathered, themselves together with such; these may design Saul's courtiers, his parasites and flatterers, and who were hypocrites in religion also, and made it their business at Saul's table, and in their banquetings and revellings, to mock at David; and who were "hypocritical mockers of" or "for a piece of bread" ^F25, as it may be rendered; the same word is used for a pastry, or cake, and for flatterers; and they used at their feasts to throw a pastry baked with honey to parasites ^F26, for the word (gwem) signifies a cake, or a piece of bread, ( 1 Kings 17:12 ) ; and the sense may be, that they mocked at David as wanting a piece of bread, and that he had brought himself to one; or else those, and they that gathered with them especially, mocked at David for the sake of a meal; or for a piece of bread; see ( Proverbs 28:27 ) ; and such sort of men were the enemies of Christ, the Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites to God, flatterers of men, who loved feasts, and the uppermost places there, and whose god was their belly; and who were mockers of Christ, derided his doctrine, and scoffed at his person, especially when he hung upon the cross;

they gnashed upon me with their teeth;
in indignation and contempt; as Stephen's enemies did on him, ( Acts 7:54 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (gwem ygel) "subsannatoribus subcineritii panis", Vatablus; "subsanmantes propter placentam", Piscator; "scoffers for a cake of bread", Ainsworth; hence a "parasite", a "table companion", or "trencher friend", is used for a "flatterer", vid. Suidam in voce (parasitov) .
F26 Weemse's Christ. Synag. l. 1. c. 6. s. 8. p. 209. of the Moral Law, l. 2. c. 9. p. 310.

Psalmen 35:16 In-Context

14 Ik ging steeds, alsof het een vriend, alsof het mij een broeder geweest ware; ik ging gebukt in het zwart, als een, die over zijn moeder treurt.

15 Maar als ik hinkte, waren zij verblijd, en verzamelden zich; zij verzamelden zich tot mij als geslagenen, en ik merkte niets; zij scheurden hun klederen, en zwegen niet stil.

16 Onder de huichelende spotachtige tafelbroeders knersten zij over mij met hun tanden.

17 HEERE! hoe lang zult Gij toezien? Breng mijn ziel weder van hunlieder verwoestingen, mijn eenzame van de jonge leeuwen.

18 Zo zal ik U loven in de grote gemeente; onder machtig veel volks zal ik U prijzen.