Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 35:8
Let his net that he hath hid - See the notes on Psalm 7:15 , Psalm 7:16 . read more
Psalm 35
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 35:9
My soul - My life, thus saved: - Shall be joyful in the Lord - I am so circumstanced at present as to be in the utmost danger of being destroyed by my foes; if I escape, it must be by the strong arm of the Lord; and to him shall the glory be given. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 35:10
All my bones shall say - My life being preserved, all the members of my body shall magnify thy saving mercy. Deliverest the poor - This is a general maxim: God is peculiarly mindful of the poor. Where secular advantages are withheld, there is the more need for spiritual help. God considers this, and his kind providence works accordingly. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 35:11
False witnesses did rise up - There is no doubt that several of this kind were found to depose against the life of David; and we know that the wicked Jews employed such against the life of Christ. See Matthew 26:59 , Matthew 26:60 . They laid to my charge things that I knew not - They produced the most unfounded charges; things of which I had never before heard. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 35:12
To the spoiling of my soul - To destroy my life; so נפש nephesh should be translated in a multitude of places, where our translators have used the word soul. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 35:13
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. My prayer returned into mine own bosom - Though from the wayward and profligate life they led, they did not profit by my prayers, yet God did not permit me to pray in vain. They were like alms given to the miserable for God's sake, who takes care to return to the merciful man tenfold into his bosom. The bosom is... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 35:14
Mourneth for his mother - אם כאבל caabel em , as a mourning mother. How expressive is this word! read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 35:15
But in mine adversity they reioiced - How David was mocked and insulted in the case of Absalom's rebellion by Shimei and others, is well known. The abjects - נכים nechim , the smiters, probably hired assassins. They were everywhere lying in wait, to take away my life. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 35:16
With hypocritical mockers in feasts - These verses seem to be prophetic of the treatment of Christ. They did tear me, and I knew it not. They blindfolded and buffeted him; they placed him in such circumstances as not to be able to discern who insulted him, except by a supernatural knowledge. With hypocritical mockers in feasts may also relate prophetically to our Lord's sufferings. Herod clothed him in a purple robe, put a reed in his hand for a scepter, bowed the knee before him, and set... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 35:7
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit - The word שחת shachath , a pit, belongs to the second member of this verse, and the whole should be read thus: For without a cause they have hidden for me their net, without a cause they have digged a pit for my life. They have used every degree and species of cunning and deceit to ruin me. read more