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Psalm 35
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David prays for safety. (1-10) He complains of his enemies. (11-16) And
calls upon God to support him. (17-28)
Verses 1-10 It is
no new thing for the most righteous men, and the most righteous cause, to meet
with enemies. This is a fruit of the old enmity in the seed of the serpent
against the Seed of the woman. David in his afflictions, Christ in his
sufferings, the church under persecution, and the Christian in the hour
temptation, all beseech the Almighty to appear in their behalf, and to vindicate
their cause. We are apt to justify uneasiness at the injuries men do us, by our
never having given them cause to use us so ill; but this should make us easy,
for then we may the more expect that God will plead our cause. David prayed to
God to manifest himself in his trial. Let me have inward comfort under all
outward troubles, to support my soul. If God, by his Spirit, witness to our
spirits that he is our salvation, we need desire no more to make us happy. If
God is our Friend, no matter who is our enemy. By the Spirit of prophecy, David
foretells the just judgments of God that would come upon his enemies for their
great wickedness. These are predictions, they look forward, and show the doom of
the enemies of Christ and his kingdom. We must not desire or pray for the ruin
of any enemies, except our lusts and the evil spirits that would compass our
destruction. A traveller benighted in a bad road, is an expressive emblem of a
sinner walking in the slippery and dangerous ways of temptation. But David
having committed his cause to God, did not doubt of his own deliverance. The
bones are the strongest parts of the body. The psalmist here proposes to serve
and glorify God with all his strength. If such language may be applied to
outward salvation, how much more will it apply to heavenly things in Christ
Jesus!
Verses 11-16
Call a man ungrateful, and you can call him no worse: this was the character of
David's enemies. Herein he was a type of Christ. David shows how tenderly he had
behaved towards them in afflictions. We ought to mourn for the sins of those who
do not mourn for themselves. We shall not lose by the good offices we do to any,
how ungrateful soever they may be. Let us learn to possess our souls in patience
and meekness like David, or rather after Christ's example.
Verses 17-28
Though the people of God are, and study to be, quiet, yet it has been common for
their enemies to devise deceitful matters against them. David prays, My soul is
in danger, Lord, rescue it; it belongs to thee the Father of spirits, therefore
claim thine own; it is thine, save it! Lord, be not far from me, as if I were a
stranger. He who exalted the once suffering Redeemer, will appear for all his
people: the roaring lion shall not destroy their souls, any more than he could
that of Christ, their Surety. They trust their souls in his hands, they are one
with him by faith, are precious in his sight, and shall be rescued from
destruction, that they may give thanks in heaven.
Psalm 35:
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