, and the Targum conterentes me verbis suis; cf. When my prayers returned to me unanswered, Read full chapter. When they were sick - Compare the notes at Job 30:25. 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. Psalm 35:15 Prof. Alexander supposes that this means, according to a traditional interpretation of the Jews, that he desired that the prayer which he offered might redound to his own advantage: "My prayer shall not be lost, it shall return in blessings to the heart which prompted it." He prays that they might be turned back, scattered and brought to ruin (4-6), for they have persecuted him without cause (7-8). And he turned around and cursed them. 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. 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. (2.) Thieves enter only to take away life, to . David prayed to God to manifest himself in his trial. 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. 13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth. He prays that God would stop their way (v. 3), that they might not overtake him when he fled from them. Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. Henry Ainsworth. . 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. He promised that then God should have the glory of it (v. 10): All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee? . b. Call a man ungrateful and you can call him no worse. We ought to mourn for the sins of those that do not mourn for them themselves. They set themselves against all the sober good people that adhered to David (v. 20): They devised deceitful matters, to trepan and ruin those that were quiet in the land. 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. Verse 13. This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O LORD, be not far from me. 142. This , which even Rashi interprets in substantially the same manner, stands either in a logical co-ordinate relation (vid., on Isaiah 19:11) or in a logical as well as grammatical subordinate relation to its regens . Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. He prays that God would act for him, and not stand by as a spectator (v. 17): "Lord, how long wilt thou look on? [Note: Ibid., p. There remains (1) the literal, and my prayer turned upon my bosom, referring to the posture described in Psalm 35:14. of Psalm chapter 35. All rights reserved. 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. Job 30:25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Such a posture of devotion is in use both among Jews and Mohammedans. Well, might he call them abjects, for nothing could be more vile and sordid than to triumph in the fall of a man of such unstained honour and consummate virtue. 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. but according to 1 Kings 17:12, a cake of a round formation (like the Talmudic , a circle); , jeering, jesting. He will praise him as one of peerless and unparalleled perfection. Psalm 35 New Living Translation Psalm 35 A psalm of David. They were very rude; they could not find in their hearts to show him common civility: They speak not peace; if they met him, they had not the good manners to give him the time of day; like Joseph's brethren, that could not speak peaceably to him, Gen 37 4. David lamented the unjustified opposition of his enemies in this psalm and called on God to deliver him. (2)The far more probable meaning, my . He subjected himself to the pains of hunger, that he might be better prepared to offer fervent and acceptable prayer. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. The Timeless Psalms: Psalm 13, Joan Stott, prayers and meditations based on lectionary Psalms, 2014. "Judge me, O Lord my God! 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. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. Let them shout for joy and be glad, 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. It seems that this psalm also was written during the time of Davids flight from Saul. Now when these people were sick, (1.) 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. 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. This was the character of David's enemies (Psalms 35:12; Psalms 35:12): They rewarded me evil for good. They had falsely accused him, but God, who knows all things, knew that he did not falsely accuse them, nor make them worse than really they were. A prayer that God may arise on David's behalf and repay those who have wrongfully attacked him ( Psalms 35:1-10 ). He prays to God to protect and deliver him, and appear for him (ver 1, 2), to comfort him (ver 3), to be nigh to him and rescue him (ver 17, 22), to plead his cause (ver 23, 24), to defeat all the designs of his enemies against him (ver 3, 4), to disappoint their expectations of his fall (ver 19, 25, 26), and, lastly, to countenance all his friends, and encourage them (ver 27. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. But, at the same time, he foretold that the Lord would smite him (1 Sam 26 10), and here that the net he had hidden should catch himself, and into that very destruction he should fall. Probably it was then well known whom he meant; it may be Saul himself for one, whom he was sent for to attend upon when he was melancholy and ill, and to whom he was serviceable to drive away the evil spirit, not with his harp, but with his prayers; to others of the courtiers, it is likely, he had shown this respect, while he lived at court, who now were, of all others, most abusive to him. Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them. If a fellow-subject had wronged him, he might have appealed to his prince, as St. Paul did to Csar; but, when his prince wronged him, he appealed to his God, who is prince and Judge of the kings of the earth: Plead my cause, O Lord! i. Jarchi explains this as meaning that he sought the same for those who were now his enemies which he would for himself, or that he desired that that should come into his own bosom which he sought for them. Those that make God their enemy make all the holy angels their enemies. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. They treated him, who was the greatest blessing of his country, as if he had been the curse and plague of it; they hunted him as a dangerous beast of prey; they digged a pit for him and laid a net in it, that they might have him at their mercy, v. 7. 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. The meaning is, that he showed the deepest sympathy in their distress by putting on the emblems of humiliation or mourning. Solomon wrote one or two (127 and perhaps 72). He thought God had forgotten him, had forgotten his promises to him, his covenant with him, his former lovingkindness which he had shown him and which he took to be an earnest of further mercy, had forgotten that there was such a man in the world, who needed and expected relief and succour from him. 12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul. 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; 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. 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. Well, might he call them abjects, for nothing could be more vile and sordid than to triumph in the fall of a man of such unstained honour and consummate virtue. qr II) also does not occur anywhere else. 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.
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