Psalms 35:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him? ”

Psalms 35:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

All my bones shall say - A similar expression occurs in Psalms 51:8 : “That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.” The “bones” are here put for the frame; the whole man. See the notes a...
Psalms 35:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

All my (h) bones shall say, LORD, who [is] like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him? (h) He attributes hi...
Psalms 35:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 pu...
Psalms 35:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

All my bones . all the members of my body. Interpretation belongs to the speaker. The Application belongs (1) to the O.T. saints ( Psalms 139:13-16 ), and (2) to the later members referred to in...
Psalms 35:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10. O Jehovah! who is like thee? Here he explains more fully the nature of his joy in the salvation of God of which he had spoken, showing that it consisted in his ascribing entirely to God...
Psalms 35:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him? All my bones shall say -...
Psalms 35:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

All my bones shall say— These are figuratively represented as praising God; as if he had said, "All the members of my body, as well as all the faculties of my soul, shall be affected with a deep se...
Psalms 35:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him? All my bones ... -...
Psalms 35:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This is a prayer for the defeat and destruction of malignant enemies, whom the Psalmist has formerly befriended, and who now treat him with ungrateful cruelty. The circumstances are partly similar to...
Psalms 35:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

All my bones. — As we say, “all the fibres of my body.” (Comp. Psalms 6:2 ; Psalms 34:20 .) The poor... the poor. — Better, the sufferer ... the sufferer.
Psalms 35:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 35:1-28 THE psalmist's life is in danger. He is the victim of ungrateful hatred. False accusations of crimes that he never dreamed of are brought against him. He professes innocence, and ap...
Psalms 35:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Rescuing the Poor and Needy Psalms 35:1-17 This psalm dates from the Sauline persecution, or else from the disturbed condition of the kingdom in David's later years. Each of the three divisions...
Psalms 35:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

There is agony in this song. The singer is sore beset with enemies. They are striving with him, fighting against him. They are plotting against him, treacherously spreading a net for his feet. He cri...
Psalms 35:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Is there not an allusion here to the whole body of Christ, who will all rejoice at length in his great salvation?
Psalms 35:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

All my bones shall say ,.... So, in a figurative sense, vexation and disquietude are ascribed to the bones, Psalms 6:2 ; and sometimes joy and gladness, Psalms 51:8 . His soul is said to rejoice i...
Psalms 35:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

All my bones shall say, LORD, who [is] like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him? Ver. 10. All my bones...
Psalms 35:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let destruction come upon him Upon each of thine and mine implacable enemies, of whom he had hitherto spoken. Or, rather, by this change of the plural number into the singular, he points at Saul, h...
Psalms 35:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prayer for Divine Protection. A psalm of David. 1 Plead my cause, O L ORD , with them that strive with me: fight a...
Psalms 35:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

All my bones, i.e. my whole body, by a synecdoche, as Psalms 34:20 , as well as my soul, mentioned Psalms 35:9 . I will glorify thee, both with my soul and with my body. Shall say: speech i...
Psalms 35:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

He Asks That Those Who Are Hunting For Him Might Fall Into The Trap That They Themselves Have Set So That Once More He Can Rejoice in YHWH's Salvation ( Psalms 35:7-10 ). This movement from the ba...
Psalms 35:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Psalms 35:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 35:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

My soul shall he joyful in the Lord. Life’s joy It is not often that we meet with a truly joyous face. We see many a brow curved with humour, and lips with their wreath of mirth, but the eyes s...
Psalms 35:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION A PSALM ascribed to David by the title, and with many characteristics of his early style—abrupt, impassioned, full of lively and graphic images, and full of transitions The picture...
Psalms 35:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prayer against the Godless. A psalm of David, invoking God's aid against the ungodly, contrasting the hypocrisy, cunning, and malice of the wicked with the integrity and generosity of the righteou...
Psalms 35:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 15:11 ; Isaiah 40:18 ; Isaiah 40:25 ; Jeremiah 10:7 ; Job 33:19-25 ; Job 5:15 ; Job 5:16 ; Proverbs 22:22 ; Proverbs 22:23 ; Psalms 10:14 ; Psalms 102:17-20 ; Psalms 102:3 ; Psalm...
Psalms 35:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

My bones — My whole body, as well as my soul.

Psalms 35:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 35:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 35:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 35:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 35:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 35:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 35:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 35:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 35:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 35:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 35:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 35:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 35:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 35:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 35:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 35:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 35:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 35:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 35:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 35:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 35:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 35:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 35:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 35:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 35:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 35:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 35:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes