“ Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. ”
Take hold of shield and buckler - That is, Arm thyself as if for the contest. It is a prayer, in a new form, that God would interpose, and that he would go forth as a warrior against the enemies...
(b) Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. (b) Even though God can with his breath destroy all his enemies, yet the Holy Spirit attributes to him these outward weapons to assur...
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...
shield, &c. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.
2. Take the shield. These words certainly cannot be applied, in the strict and proper sense, to God, who has no need of the spear or buckler: for by the breath of his mouth alone, or merely...
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. Take hold of shield and buckler - Let them be discomfited in battle who are striving to destroy my life. It is by the shield and buckler o...
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. Shield and buckler. The Hebrew means 'the small shield' х maageen ( H4043 )] and the 'large shield' respectively х tsinaah...
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...
Shield and buckler. — Better, buckler and shield, as the first (Heb., magen ) suggests a small, the latter ( tsinnah ) a large shield covering the whole body. Greek, θυρεός (see Note, Psalms 5:...
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...
The last clause in these verses shows the blessedness in what goeth before. If the Lord speak pardon and peace to my soul, he will speak ruin and slaughter unto all mine enemies. Reader! what a preci...
Take hold of shield and buckler ,.... Defensive weapons; not that the Lord stands in need of any of these to defend himself with: but the sense is, that he would be as these to David; as he was to h...
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. Ver. 2. Take hold of shield and buckler ] Jehovah is a man of war, Exodus 15:3 , and so he is here stirred up to harness himself; not...
Plead my cause, O Lord , &c. Take my part, and maintain my cause against those that contend with me, and have raised war against me; for I am not able to defend myself, and have none else to app...
Prayer for Divine Protection. A psalm of David. 1 Plead my cause, O L ORD , with them that strive with me: fight a...
Take hold of shield and buckler; therewith to cover and defend me. Compare Psalms 91:4 Proverbs 2:7 .
The Psalmist Asks That God Will Protect Him And Stand Firm In His Defence ( Psalms 35:1-3 ). In these first three verses we have a vivid picture drawn of God dressed in heavenly armour, and fully...
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...
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...
Deuteronomy 32:41 ; Deuteronomy 32:42 ; Exodus 15:3 ; Isaiah 13:5 ; Isaiah 42:13 ; Psalms 7:12 ; Psalms 7:13