Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 35:5
Psalms 35:5. And let the angel of the Lord chase them— And an angel of the Lord driving: i.e. a very violent wind. He maketh his angels wind, &c. Mudge. read more
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Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 35:7
Psalms 35:7. Which without cause, &c.— Without provocation he hath digged a pit for my life. Saul seems to be pointed at in this clause, by the change of the plural number into the singular. Compare 1 Samuel 18:10-11; 1Sa 18:21 and 1 Samuel 19:10. read more
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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 35:10
Psalms 35:10. All my bones shall say— These are figuratively represented as praising God; as if he had said, "All the members of my body, as well as all the faculties of my soul, shall be affected with a deep sense of thy goodness towards me, and thereby set forth thy praise." read more
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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 35:11
Psalms 35:11. False witnesses did rise up, &c.— False witnesses will arise; so the Hebrew speaks in the future; and the verbs in the two next periods are also future; to intimate that the prophet was speaking of what was then future, in the person of him against whom false witnesses did arise; and who, because our souls were sick, clothed himself with the sackcloth of our flesh; mourning at the very thought that his prayers, in any measure, should return into his own bosom. See Fenwick, and... read more
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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 35:12
Psalms 35:12. To the spoiling of my soul— And attempt to rob me of my life. Green. The Hebrew שׁכול shekol, is abortion, or bereavement to my soul: "That I may be bereft of my soul, as a woman of an abortive child." Mudge and Houbigant. read more
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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 35:13
Psalms 35:13. And my prayer returned into mine own bosom— And my prayer rested, or settled in my bosom; i.e. "I was never without a prayer for them in my breast;" for it would be odd, says Mudge, to talk of prayers returning, without having mentioned any prayer at all. read more
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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 35:14
Psalms 35:14. As one that mourneth, &c.— As a mourning mother. read more
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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 35:15-16
Psalms 35:15-16. But in mine adversity they rejoiced, &c.— But in my halting they rejoiced, and gathered together; they gathered about me, crouching, when I did not know it; they rent me without ceasing: Psalms 35:16. Amidst profligate common buffoons, they grinned upon me with their teeth. These two verses express in the strongest images the insult of his enemies. When he halted, from weakness, they gathered about him, and mocked him with a mimic halting; for נכים nekim, properly signifies... read more
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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 35:17
Psalms 35:17. My darling— My solitary one. See Psalms 22:20. read more
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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 35:4
Psalms 35:4. Let them be confounded, &c.— They shall blush and be ashamed—They shall be turned back, &c. We should render in the future all the following verses; which our translation puts in the optative mood, and consequently gives them too much the appearance of an imprecatory and revengeful spirit. See the note on Psalms 5:10. read more