That favour my righteous cause; that wish well to it, although they want either strength or courage to plead it. Magnified, i.e. exalted and praised for his righteousness, and truth, and goodness manifested in my deliverance. Mine enemies’ great design is to magnify themselves, Psalms 35:26, but my chief desire is that God may be magnified. read more
INTRODUCTION“This psalm, If It be as the inscription tells us a psalm of David, must have been composed either during his persecution by Saul or during the revolt of Absalom. It is usual to connect it with his words in 1 Samuel 24:15. Its peculiar feature is, that the enemies on whom the poet imprecates the righteous judgments of God are men who had formerly been his friends, men for whom he had prayed in their sorrow’ with a brother’s heart,’ and who now requited his love with ungrateful... read more
Psalms 35:1 . Fight against them. This is another martial ode, or war song, in which David prays for victory over the army of Saul that came to fight against him, and for confusion to those about the king who daily slandered him. Thus we also pray against enemies. REFLECTIONS. The argument to this psalm, as in Psalms 26:0., is an invocation to God against the injustice of Saul and his court, who long pursued David with the sword. Under slander and implicated wrongs he appeals to that bar... read more
Psalms 35:27-28Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause.Sympathy with the godly1. It is one mark of godliness amongst many others, to befriend the cause of Christ, and to further it in the person of His saints suffering for righteousness, with their best affection, for here they are described by being “the favourers of their righteous cause.”2. In the persecution of the godly for the cause of God’s truth and true religion, all the godly are concerned; and as they... read more
Psa 35:27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. Ver. 27. Let them shout for joy, &c. ] He concludeth with hearty prayer for the Church, as he doth in various other psalms. That favour thy righteous cause ] Though perhaps they dare do no more than inwardly favour it and by their prayers to God promote it. Let them say continually, &c. ] Let... read more
shout: Psalms 40:16, Psalms 68:3, Psalms 132:9, Psalms 132:16, Psalms 142:7, Isaiah 66:10, Isaiah 66:11, John 16:22, Romans 12:15, 1 Corinthians 12:26 righteous cause: Heb. righteousness, Proverbs 8:18 say: Psalms 70:4 which: Psalms 149:4, Jeremiah 32:40, Jeremiah 32:41, Zephaniah 3:14, Zephaniah 3:17 Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 30:26 - to his friends Nehemiah 2:20 - The God Esther 6:6 - whom the king Psalms 5:11 - But Psalms 34:3 - magnify Psalms 40:3 - many Psalms 147:11 - taketh Jeremiah 17:18... read more
27. That favour Take pleasure in, delight in, not by favouritism, but for righteousness. My righteous cause Hebrew, my righteousness. Prosperity of his servant Righteousness could not be otherwise than by defending and delivering the righteous, and this always implies the defeat and punishment of the wicked. The prosperity of David was the essential condition of just administration in the case. If justice is not always promptly executed for the righteous, it has the pledge of... read more
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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 35:1-28
XXXV. Prayer against Treacherous Foes by One who is “ quiet in the land.” Psalms 35:6 b should replace Psalms 35:5 b. Chaff driven before the wind may well suggest the image of the angel pursuing the foe— but not that of pushing or thrusting. Psalms 35:7 . Read, “ Without a cause have they hid for me their net: without a cause have they dug a pit for my life.” Psalms 35:9 f. “ Soul” and “ bones” stand for the whole person. Psalms 35:12 b. The text cannot be right. “ Laying snares for my soul... read more