Psalms 35:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darlingf from the lions. ”

Psalms 35:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lord, how long wilt thou look on? - How long wilt thou witness this without interposing to deliver me, and to punish those who treat me thus? God saw it all. He was able to save him that was thus...
Psalms 35:17 - 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 35:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

LORD*. The primitive text was Jehovah. App-4. Altered to "Adonai" by the Sopherim. See App-32. My darling . My only one. See note on Psalms 22:20 . from the lions. Compare Psalms 22:13 ;...
Psalms 35:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

17. O Lord! how long wilt thou look on? The meaning of the word which I have translated how long, is ambiguous in the Hebrew. In Latin it signifies, How long wilt thou see it, and suffer...
Psalms 35:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. My darling - יחידתי yechidathi, my only one, Psalms 22:20 . My united one, or He that is alone. P...
Psalms 35:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

My darling— My solitary one. See Psalms 22:20 .
Psalms 35:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. Lord, how long wilt thou look on? - without interposing for me. Rescue ... destructions...
Psalms 35:17 - 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 35:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Darling... see margin and Note to Psalms 22:20 . The lions is another suitable epithet for the hostile foreign party, so bitter against the genuine Israelite.
Psalms 35:17 - 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 35:17 - 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 35:17 - 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 35:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We have a similar cry delivered concerning Christ, by the spirit of prophecy, Psalms 22:20-21 .
Psalms 35:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Lord, how long wilt thou look on ?.... And behold these injuries and insults, and not arise to help and save? The psalmist firmly believed the omniscience of God, and was well assured he saw all tha...
Psalms 35:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. Ver. 17. Lord, how long wilt thou look on? ] i.e. Carry thyself as a spectator of my miseri...
Psalms 35:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lord, how long wilt thou look on Like an idle spectator, without affording me any pity or help? Rescue my soul from their destructions Be pleased, at length, to vindicate my innocence from those...
Psalms 35:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Sorrowful Complaints; David's Appeal and Prayer to God. 17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their...
Psalms 35:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Look on, like an idle spectator, without affording me any pity or help. My darling , to wit, my soul, as it is in the former clause. Heb. my only one ; which is now left alone and forsaken by m...
Psalms 35:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Concerned By How Long His Affliction Is Going On He Points Out How False Their Accusations Are and Asks For Deliverance From Their Attempts To Bring Him Down ( Psalms 35:17-21 ). . Psalms 35:17-1...
Psalms 35:17 - 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 35:17 - Scofield Reference Notes

my darling Hebrew, "my only one." ( Psalms 22:20 ).
Psalms 35:17 - 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 35:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Lord, how long wilt Thou look on? How long This was David’s cry in his distress. I. A trying experience. David did not doubt that the Lord saw his trouble. He did not say, “My way is hid fro...
Psalms 35:17 - 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 35:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Hypocrisy and Malice of the Wicked
Psalms 35:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Habakkuk 1:13 ; Psalms 10:14 ; Psalms 13:1 ; Psalms 13:2 ; Psalms 142:6 ; Psalms 142:7 ; Psalms 22:20 ; Psalms 22:21 ; Psalms 57:4 ; Psalms 6:3 ; Psalms 69:14 ; Psalms 69:15 ; Psalms 74:...
Psalms 35:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Look on — Without affording me pity or help. Darling — My soul, Heb. my only one; which is now left alone and forsaken by my friends, and hath none to trust in but God.

Psalms 35:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 35:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 35:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 35:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 35:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 35:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 35:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 35:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 35:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 35:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 35:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 35:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 35:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 35:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 35:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 35:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 35:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 35:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 35:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 35:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 35:17 - Scofield Reference Notes

Psalms 35:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 35:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 35:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 35:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 35:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 35:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes