Psalms 35:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. ”

Psalms 35:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I behaved myself - Margin, as in Hebrew: “I walked.” The word “walk,” in the Scriptures, is often used to denote a course of conduct; the way in which a man lives and acts: Philippians 3:18 ; G...
Psalms 35:14 - 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 35:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 556 COMPASSION TO THE SICK Psalms 35:13-14 . As for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into my own bosom. I beh...
Psalms 35:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. Mourneth for his mother - כאבל אם caabel em, as a mourning mother. How ex...
Psalms 35:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

As one that mourneth, &c.— As a mourning mother.
Psalms 35:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. I behaved myself - literally, 'I walked,' or 'went along.' As though...
Psalms 35:14 - 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 35:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I bowed down heavily. — Better, I went squalid, and bowed down, alluding to the neglected beard and person, and to the dust and ashes of Oriental mourning.
Psalms 35:14 - 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 35:14 - 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 35:14 - 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 35:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Literally this is true of Christ. For our sickness was unto death. And to recover us did not Jesus clothe himself with the sackcloth of mortality? Did he not fast forty days and forty nights? Did he...
Psalms 35:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I behaved myself as though [he had been] my friend [or] brother ,.... Meaning either Saul or Doeg the Edomite, or some such evil man; somewhat like this he says of Ahithophel, Psalms 41:9 ; and Ara...
Psalms 35:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I behaved myself as though [he had been] my friend [or] brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth [for his] mother. Ver. 14. I behaved myself as though he had been, &c. ] My brother...
Psalms 35:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I behaved myself Hebrew, התהלכתי, hithhalacti, I caused myself to walk , namely, to visit and comfort him; or, I conducted myself toward him, as though he had been my friend , &c. As if I had...
Psalms 35:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prayer for Deliverance; Sorrowful Complaints. 11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I kn...
Psalms 35:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I behaved myself, Heb. I walked ; either to him, to visit and comfort him; or about the streets, whither my occasions led me. Though walking is oft put for a man's carriage or conversation. I bow...
Psalms 35:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 35:14 - 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 35:14 - 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 35:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

I bowed down heavily as one that mourneth for his mother. The duty of surviving children to the memory of pious and departed mothers I. some general observations on the text. 1. It displays...
Psalms 35:14 - 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 35:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Hypocrisy and Malice of the Wicked
Psalms 35:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 1:11 ; 2 Samuel 1:12 ; 2 Samuel 1:17-27 ; Genesis 24:67 ; Luke 19:41 ; Luke 19:42

Psalms 35:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 35:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 35:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 35:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 35:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 35:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 35:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 35:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 35:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 35:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 35:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 35:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 35:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 35:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 35:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 35:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 35:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 35:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 35:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 35:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 35:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 35:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 35:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 35:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge