“ They rewarded me evil for good to the spoilingc of my soul. ”
They rewarded me evil for good - They recompensed, or returned evil instead of good. The manner in which they did it he states in the following verses. To the spoiling of my soul - Margin, “d...
They rewarded me evil for good [to] the (k) spoiling of my soul. (k) To have taken from me all comfort and brought me into despair.
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...
evil. Hebrew. ra'a . App-44. spoiling . bereaving.
12. They render me evil for good. David again shows that the malice of his enemies was of a very aggravated character, because they not only oppressed him wrongfully, seeing he was innocent,...
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul. 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...
To the spoiling of my soul— And attempt to rob me of my life. Green. The Hebrew שׁכול shekol, is abortion, or bereavement to my soul: "That I may be bereft of my soul, as a woman of an abor...
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul. They ... the spoiling of my soul - literally, '(to) the bereavement of my soul;' they bereaved me of all the consolations and necess...
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...
To the spoiling of my soul. — Literally, desolation to my soul. We may paraphrase, “They rewarded me evil for good, Which to me was desolation.”
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...
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...
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...
I do not think it enough to prove that these words were spoken in a spirit of prophecy, wholly referring to Christ; but I would desire the Reader to remark, with me, the gracious love of the Holy Gho...
They rewarded me evil for good ,.... For the good David did in killing Goliath, and slaying his ten thousands of the Philistines, and thereby saving his king and country, Saul and his courtiers envi...
They rewarded me evil for good [to] the spoiling of my soul. Ver. 12. They rewarded me evil for good ] To render good for evil is divine, good for good is human, evil for evil is brutish; but evil...
They laid to my charge things I knew not They accused me to Saul of treacherous designs against his crown and life, and of other crimes of which I was wholly innocent and ignorant. They rewarded m...
Prayer for Deliverance; Sorrowful Complaints. 11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I kn...
For good; for the good offices which did to divers of them when I had favour and power in Saul's court and camp. To the spoiling of my soul, i.e. to the stripping of my person of all my comforts...
Brought Before the Judges He Is Questioned About Crimes Of Which He Knows Nothing, And That By Those To Whom He Had Shown Nothing But Kindness Who Are Now Determined To Bring Him Down ( Psalms 35:11...
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 35:1 . 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...
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...
The Hypocrisy and Malice of the Wicked
1 Samuel 19:15 ; 1 Samuel 19:4 ; 1 Samuel 19:5 ; 1 Samuel 20:31-33 ; 1 Samuel 22:13 ; 1 Samuel 22:14 ; Jeremiah 18:20 ; John 10:32 ; Luke 23:21-23 ; Proverbs 17:13 ; Psalms 109:3-5 ; Psal...