III. 22 This thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me. 1Kings 18:42, where, however, there is no express mention of prayer.) Verse 13. Much like Psalm 23 ends in abundance, so Jesus concludes this parable in an abundant image of his care, described so beautifully in the First Nations Version of the Gospel of John: "Following the Shepherd, they will go in and out and find good food to eat. 1. (2.) We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website. If we be at any time charged with what we are innocent of let us not think it strange, as though some new thing happened to us; so persecuted they the prophets, even the great prophet. but according to 1 Kings 17:12, a cake of a round formation (like the Talmudic , a circle); , jeering, jesting. 25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. 5. Nor was it a sudden passion against him that they harboured, but inveterate malice: They devised his hurt, laid their heads together, and set their wits on work, not only to do him a mischief, but to find out ways and means to ruin him. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. David prayed to God to manifest himself in his trial. v. 1. 1. We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. They gnashed upon him with their teeth; they never spoke of him but with the greatest indignation imaginable, as those that would have eaten him up if they could. , Jeremiah 18:18. (2.) David here shows. They were very barbarous and base, for they trampled upon him when he was down, rejoiced at his hurt, and magnified themselves against him, v. 26. III. Christian sympathy even for the froward. He prays that he might never be in such imminent danger as that they should say in their hearts, Ah! If they urge their suit in the law-court, Lord, meet them there, and beat them at their own weapons. What Every Christian Should Know about the Protestant Reformation. They gnashed upon him with their teeth; they never spoke of him but with the greatest indignation imaginable, as those that would have eaten him up if they could. His own deliverance, not the others destruction, makes the singer joyful in Jehovah. (Maclaren). 20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. Psalm 35 Of David. II. my prayer came back again and again to my bosom, i.e., for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth, And my prayer returned into mine own bosom, Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular, Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural, Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular, A mesh, coarse loose cloth, sacking, a bag, Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular, Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular, A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular, Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular, David prays for his own safety, and his enemies' confusion, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, OT Poetry: Psalm 35:13 But as for me when they were (Psalm Ps Psa. This he complains of here as the highest piece of injustice imaginable: False witnesses did rise up, who would swear anything; they laid to my charge things that I knew not, nor ever thought of. Psalms 35:13 Meaning and Commentary Psalms 35:13 But as for me, when they were sick Or under any disorder or distress of body or mind, when any misfortune or infirmity attended them; meaning Saul and his courtiers, before David was persecuted by them; my clothing [was] sackcloth; This psalm opens in a warlike tone, so as to suggest a soldier for its author, and for its occasion the eye of some battle. The posture of prayer with the head reclining toward the bosom is common among the Muslims, "Reland" de Religione Mohammetica, p. 87. The "aha, aha" was evidently a nasty kind of a derisive thing. The comedians, who may fitly be called hypocritical mockers (for which does a hypocrite signify but a stage-player?) He felt that their restoration to health - that the preservation of their lives - depended on God, and he most earnestly and fervently pleaded in their behalf. Verse Psalms 35:13. (2)The far more probable meaning, my prayer came back again and again to my bosom, i.e., was repeated over and over again; just as we say, "the thought recurred to my mind." Do We See Any Gospel Connections in the Book of Numbers? Therefore means: mockers for a cake, i.e., those who for a delicate morsel, for the sake of dainty fare, make scornful jokes, viz., about me, the persecuted one, vile parasites; German Tellerlecker, Bratenriecher, Greek , , Mediaeval Latin buccellarii. A prayer that God may arise on David's behalf and repay those who have wrongfully attacked him ( Psalms 35:1-10 ). It is a vexation of spirit which attends even a right work that for this a man is envied of his neighbour, Eccl 4 4. My prayer returned into, or was directed to, my bosom. Let their way be dark and slippery: let the angel of the LORD persecute them ( Psalms 35:5-6 ). Changes will take effect once you reload the page. Psalm 69:10,11 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. David had been a man of sympathy; he had mourned when Saul was in ill health, putting on the weeds of sorrow for him as though he were a near and dear friend. And of Your praise all the day long. Plead my cause, O LORD, with those who strive with me; Fight against those who fight against me. If God is our Friend, no matter who is our enemy. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. What Does Colossians 2:6-7 Teach Us about Our Faith Walk? When they were sick This might refer to the case of Absalom, who was much beloved of his father, and for whose life and prosperity he no doubt often prayed, wept, and fasted. Since Davids enemies have the ferocity of men in battle, David asks God to deal with them accordingly and fight against them as a warrior (1-3). They gnash upon him with their teeth after the manner of the profanest among those, by whom their neighbour's honour is sold for a delicate morsel. David was the fool in the play, and his disappointment all the table-talk of the hypocritical mockers at feasts; it was the song of the drunkards. 3 Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers! 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not: 16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth. And my prayer returned into mine own bosom - DeWette explains this as meaning, I prayed with my head sunk on my bosom; that is, with the head bowed down, so that the prayer which went out of Iris lips seemed to return again to his own bosom - that earnest prayer which one offers when the head is bowed with sorrow. It is probable that he means Saul, who laid snares for him and aimed at his destruction. Psalms 6:3 ). The most simple interpretation, therefore, is that which supposes that the prayer was offered under such a burden of grief on account of their sufferings, that his head sank on his bosom; or, in other words, that the prayer which was offered was such as is presented when the heart is most burdened and most sad. Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them. They were very proud and scornful (v. 21): They opened their mouth wide against me; they shouted and huzzaed when they saw his fall; they bawled after him when he was forced to quit the court, "Aha! The meaning is, that he showed the deepest sympathy in their distress by putting on the emblems of humiliation or mourning. It is my soul that is in danger; Lord, rescue it. The bosom is not only the place where the Asiatics carry their purses, but also where they carry any thing that is given to them. I. 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. I humbled my soul with fasting; on the account of them, giving up himself to prayer for them, as follows: and my prayer returned into mine own bosom; that is, he prayed privately and heartily for them, as for himself; he was constant in it, his heart was in it, and he took delight in it, and he was heard and answered; unless the sense should be, that his prayer was slighted by them, and so returned back to himself, as a present despised is returned; but however it was not without its effect, the good for which he prayed for them was returned by the Lord unto him. Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. He appeals to God's justice: Awake to my judgment, even to my cause, and let it have a hearing at thy bar, v. 23. We may comfort ourselves with the testimony of our consciences concerning our innocency, with reference to those that are any way injurious to us, and with hopes that God will, in his own way and time, right us, and, in the mean time, support us. C. Simeon. This You have seen, O LORD: Thou hast seen is a perfect foil to the enemys cry, our eyes have seen it! (Kidner). But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing. I. Perjury, v. 11. Though the people of God are, and study to be, a quiet people, yet it has been the common practice of their enemies to devise deceitful matters against them. Prayer is never lost: if it bless not those for whom intercession is made, it shall bless the intercessors. They tore him, rent his good name without mercy, said all the ill they could of him and fastened upon him all the reproach their cursed wit and malice could reach to. II. See how much the honours, estates, liberties, and lives, even of the best men, lie at the mercy of the worst, against whose false oaths innocency itself is no fence; and what reason we have to acknowledge with thankfulness the hold God has of the consciences even of bad men, to which it is owing that there is not more mischief done in that way than is. Even chaff before the wind may perhaps be stopped, and find a place of rest, and, though the way be dark and slippery, it is possible that a man may keep his footing; but it is here foretold that the angel of the Lord shall chase them (v. 5) so that they shall find no rest, shall persecute them (v. 6) so that they cannot possibly escape the pit of destruction. It is supposed that Saul and his party are the persons he means, for with them he had the greatest struggles. Psalm 35:13 in all English translations. The addition of certainly makes Olshausen's conjecture that we should read somewhat natural; but the expression then becomes tautological, and there are other instances also in which psalm-poesy goes beyond the ordinary range of words, in order to find language to describe that which is loathsome, in the most glaring way. 1 Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. Verse 13. They really would get upset.Now when Elisha was going up the hill, little kids came up from Bethel saying, "aha, aha, ye old bald man!" But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. Who exalt themselves against me. Turba Remi sequitur fortunam, ut semper, et odit damnatosThe Roman crowd, varying their opinions with every turn of fortune, are sure to execrate the fallen. Matthew 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; Leviticus 16:29,31 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: , Matthew 9:14,15 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? Matthew 10:13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. God had apparently forgotten His servant or was hiding from him (cf. . Humbled my soul with fasting. of 2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. Click on the different category headings to find out more. I. V. He promises himself that he shall yet see better days (ver 9, 10), and promises God that he will then attend him with his praises, ver 18, 28. Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. A great deal of good service he had done to his king, witness his harp, witness Goliath's sword, witness the foreskins of the Philistines; and yet his king vowed his death, and his country was made too hot for him. When my prayers returned to me unanswered, 14 I went about mourning as though for my friend or brother. 142. But this is not the worst of it. It is the character of the godly in the land that they are the quiet in the land, that they live in all dutiful subjection to government and governors, in the Lord, and endeavour, as much as in them lies, to live peaceably with all men, however they may have been misrepresented as enemies to Csar and hurtful to kings and provinces. David was a man of war, and of a bold stout spirit, and yet was thus susceptible of the impressions of sympathy, forgot the bravery of the hero, and seemed wholly made up of love and pity; it was a rare composition of hardiness and tenderness, courage and compassion, in the same breast. (1-3) David pleads to God for defense. This instance of the wrong done to David was typical, and had its accomplishment in the Son of David, against whom false witnesses did arise, Matt 26 60. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. There remains (1) the literal, and my prayer turned upon my bosom, referring to the posture described in Psalm 35:14. 2 Take hold of shield and buckler and rise for my help! Psalm 35:15 Joy in God and in his salvation is the only true, solid, satisfying joy. See Psalms 79:12 . But we soon (Psalm 35:7-8; Psalm 35:11-12) perceive that these warlike expressions are only metaphors, and that the foes of the poet are malicious slanderers and scoffers of the pious Israelitesit may be the court party in the time of one of the later kings, or . 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul. All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him? How long wilt thou connive at the wickedness of the wicked? This is the view of Ewald and Delitzsch, but seems prosaic. Acts 25 10, To the Jews have I done no wrong. 23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord. Of the many interpretations that are given of this passage, that appears to me the most probable which derives it from the posture of the worshipper; who standing with his head inclined downward toward his bosom, turned away his attention from all external objects, and uttered his mournful and earnest requests, as if they were directed to his own bosom. Let God be my salvation, not only my Saviour out of my present troubles, but my everlasting bliss. The Timeless Psalms: Psalm 13, Joan Stott, prayers and meditations based on lectionary Psalms, 2014. Two very wicked things David here lays to the charge of his enemies, to make good his appeal to God against them--perjury and ingratitude. If he did not count our Lord to be divine, neither does David here ascribe Deity to Jehovah, for there is no difference except in the order of the words and the tongue in which they were spoken; the meaning is identical. (Spurgeon). This is to the spoiling of his soul; this base unkind usage robs him of his comfort, and cuts him to the heart, more than anything else. (1.) 13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth. This is the view of Ewald and Delitzsch, but seems prosaic. Having no word from the Lord, David had to listen to his own reasoning that he regarded as a poor substitute. Let me have that salvation not only which he is the author of, but which consists in his favour; and let me know my interest in it; let me have the comfortable assurance of it in my own breast." The spear was a weapon of "attack." The parts of armor referred to in Psalm 35:2 were designed for defense. My God and my Lord: Here David used another word in the Hebrew vocabulary for God, the word Elohim commonly translated as God. 2. he humbled himself, fasted, and prayed on their behalf 3. he mourned for them (as for a close friend or brother) 4. he mourned for them (as for his own mother) There is a visible contrast between how the faithful follower acts and the faithless ones act! This instance of the wrong done to David was typical, and had its accomplishment in the Son of David, against whom false witnesses did arise, Matthew 26:60. 2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. Note, Even the palaces and courts of princes are not exempt from the jurisdiction of death and the visitation of sickness. His prospect of the destruction of his enemies, which he prays for, not in malice or revenge. aha! Lit. Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at my hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me. The most simple interpretation, therefore, is that which supposes that the prayer was offered under such a burden of grief on account of their sufferings, that his head sank on his bosom; or, in other words, that the prayer which was offered was such as is presented when the heart is most burdened and most sad. I humbled my soul with fasting - Margin, "afflicted;" so the Hebrew properly means. But this was not all. I wept and I was there to help and all. How tenderly, and with what a cordial affection, he had behaved towards them in their afflictions (v. 13, 14): They were sick. Truly, the saints can afford to wait. (Spurgeon). Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. of My God and my Lord: The cry of Thomas when he saw the wounds of Jesus. 1 Kings 18:42, where, however, there is no express mention of prayer.) "O Lord, my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; if I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy): let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth." My clothing was sackcloth - Compare the notes at Psalm 30:11. Click to enable/disable Google reCaptcha. Psalm chapter 35. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. And let them say continually, New International Version Update. He prayed for them. Herein he was a type of Christ. You can also change some of your preferences. and whose comedies, it is likely, were acted at feasts and balls, chose David for their subject, bantered and abused him, while the auditory, in token of their agreement with the plot, hummed, and gnashed upon him with their teeth. Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me. It was also with reference to prayer in their behalf; and to fasting, that he put on these marks of grief. Against his many enemies (v. 4-6): Let them be confounded, etc. I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourns for his mother. . Take hold of shield and buckler, stand up for my help. He was God's servant, expressly appointed by him to be what he was, followed his guidance, and aimed at his glory in the way of duty, had lived (as St. Paul speaks) in all good conscience before God unto this day; and yet there were those that strove with him, that did their utmost to oppose his advancement, and made all the interest they could against him; they fought against him (v. 1), not only undermined him closely and secretly, but openly avowed their opposition to him and set themselves to do him all the mischief they could. Proud member A posture somewhat similar to this is referred to in the case of Elijah, 1 Kings 18:42 : And he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees. The posture of prayer with the head reclining toward the bosom is common among the Muslims, Reland de Religione Mohammetica, p. 87. 12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul. The idea is, that he did all that was understood to be connected with the deepest humiliation before God, and that would fit the mind for earnest prayer in their behalf. But as for me, when they were sick Or under any disorder or distress of body or mind, when any misfortune or infirmity attended them; meaning Saul and his courtiers, before David was persecuted by them; my clothing [was] sackcloth; that is, he was grieved, and mourned for them, it being usual to put on sackcloth in time of mourning; see ( Genesis 37:34 ) ; I humbled my soul with fasting; on the account of them, giving up himself to prayer for them, as follows: and my prayer returned into mine own bosom; that is, he prayed privately and heartily for them, as for himself; he was constant in it, his heart was in it, and he took delight in it, and he was heard and answered; unless the sense should be, that his prayer was slighted by them, and so returned back to himself, as a present despised is returned; but however it was not without its effect, the good for which he prayed for them was returned by the Lord unto him. You can check these in your browser security settings. Say to my soul, "I am your salvation!" 4 Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life! David here shows. i. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into my own bosom. Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause: Through the psalms in general, we see that David did not think of himself as perfect in a sinless sense. If God, by his Spirit, witness to our spirits that he is our salvation, we need desire no more to make us happy. Verse 13. God knew that they were, without cause, his enemies, and that they had, without cause, digged pits for him, v. 7. Salem Media Group. He subjected himself to the pains of hunger, that he might be better prepared to offer fervent and acceptable prayer. He prays that his enemies might not have cause to rejoice (v. 19): Let them not rejoice over me (and again, v. 24); not so much because it would be a mortification to him to be trampled upon the abjects, as because it would turn to the dishonour of God and the reproach of his confidence in God. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. 18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. This showed a noble spirit in David, and greatly aggravated the baseness of those who now so cruelly persecuted him. I really wouldn't want to be one of David's enemies. Though they should in some degree prevail, yet he foresees that it would be to their own ruin at last: They shall be as chaff before the wind, so unable will wicked men be to stand before the judgments of God and so certainly will they be driven away by them, Ps 1 4. (Comp. "A Psalm of a Thirteen-Year-Old," Russell Rathbun, The . Psalm 35 Commentary David's Seeing Their Good | 13-14 And that leads David to expound on the good that he's done for these men in times past in verses 13 and 14. Now when these people were sick, (1.) Psalm 35 David, in this psalm, appeals to the righteous Judge of heaven and earth against his enemies that hated and persecuted him. with the for warding off the hostile blow and (vid., Psalm 5:13) which covers the body like a . In many of these conflicts, we dont sense that David was troubled by self-doubt. Stir up Yourself, and awake to my vindication, . Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 35:13 Commentary on Psalm 35:11-16 (Read Psalm 35:11-16) Call a man ungrateful, and you can call him no worse: this was the character of David's enemies. What Every Christian Should Know about the Protestant Reformation. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor 3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. They were not related to him; he was under no obligations to them; he would lose nothing by their death, but perhaps be a gainer by it; and yet he behaved himself as though they had been his nearest relations, purely from a principle of compassion and humanity. That they might join with him in his praises: Let them say continually, The Lord be magnified, by us and others, who hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. Note, A righteous cause may, with the greatest satisfaction imaginable, he laid before a righteous God, and referred to him to give judgment upon it; for he perfectly knows the merits of it, holds the balance exactly even, and with him there is no respect of persons. Do We See Any Gospel Connections in the Book of Numbers? Say to my soul, "I am your salvation." a. Say to me, "I am your salvation." 4 May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plot my ruin Lord, with regular letters, translates the Hebrew word Adonai the ancient Hebrew word for Lord. What Does Colossians 2:6-7 Teach Us about Our Faith Walk? Herein he was a type of Christ, to whom this wicked world was very ungrateful. does not mean scorn or buffoonery, as Bttcher and Hitzig imagine, (Note: The Talmudic (), B. Sanhedrin 101b, which is said to mean "a jesting way of speaking," has all the less place here, as the reading wavers between () and .). It is a great pleasure to all that are good to see an honest man, and an honest cause, prevail and prosper; and those that heartily espouse the interests of God's people, and are willing to take their lot with them even when they are run down and trampled upon, shall in due time shout for joy and be glad, for the righteous cause will at length be a victorious cause.
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