Psalms 35:27 - Exposition

Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause. When David's enemies are "ashamed and put to confusion" ( Psalms 35:26 ), his friends will naturally "shout for joy, and be glad." This they will do, partly, out of sympathy; partly because their own interests are bound up with those of their leader. Had Saul captured David when he "hunted him upon the mountains," the fate of David's followers would have been death or exile. Yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant; literally, in the peace of his servant. God desires that David's present troubles should cease, and that he should enjoy a time of rest and tranquillity. This was granted him, to some extent, at Ziklag ( 1 Samuel 27:4-7 ), but more fully when he came into his kingdom ( 2 Samuel 5:1-16 ).