Psalms 35:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. ”

Psalms 35:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For they speak not peace - They seek a quarrel. They are unwilling to be on good terms with others, or to live in peace with them. The idea is that they were “disposed” or “inclined” to quarrel....
Psalms 35:20 - 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 35:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

deceitful matters. Hebrew "words of frauds".
Psalms 35:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

In the following verse, that he may cherish still greater confidence in God, David again declares, that he has to do with enemies of an irreconcilable character, and who are fully bent upon cru...
Psalms 35:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
Psalms 35:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. Speak not peace - as my peaceable attitude toward them and all men would have dictated as...
Psalms 35:20 - 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 35:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Quiet in the land. — For the construction, comp. Isaiah 23:8 : “The honourable of the earth.” They are evidently the pious Jews who wished to preserve their national life and religion against for...
Psalms 35:20 - 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 35:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

an Appeal to the Righteous Judge Psalms 35:18-28 Psalms 35:20 : “The Quiet in the Land” was the title adopted by holy men and women in Germany, during long dark days when religion was under a...
Psalms 35:20 - 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 35:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! recollect the peaceable temper and meekness of Jesus: recollect the temper of his apostles and followers: recollect in all ages, and even now ask, what is the temper and pursuit of God's peop...
Psalms 35:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For they speak not peace ,.... Meaning to himself, or any good man; as Joseph's brethren could not to him, Genesis 37:4 ; such were the men David had to do with, Psalms 120:6 ; and such were the e...
Psalms 35:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against [them that are] quiet in the land. Ver. 20. For they speak not peace ] Which yet God doth to his people, Psalms 85:9 , and that...
Psalms 35:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Neither let them wink with the eye That is, mock me, or insult over me, as this phrase signifies. For they speak not peace They are enemies to all peaceable counsels; they breathe out nothing but...
Psalms 35:20 - 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 35:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Verse 20 . They are enemies to all peaceable counsels; they breathe out nothing but threatenings and war. They use not only open violence, but deceit, and subtle artifices, against me and my followe...
Psalms 35:20 - 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 35:20 - 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 35:20 - 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 35:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

They devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. Sin approaching the unsuspecting “There is no temptation,” said John of Wesel, one of the greatest of the pre-Lutheran ref...
Psalms 35:20 - 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 35:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Earnest Prayer for Relief
Psalms 35:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 2:22 ; 1 Peter 2:23 ; Acts 23:15 ; Acts 25:3 ; Daniel 6:5 ; Jeremiah 11:19 ; Matthew 12:19 ; Matthew 12:24 ; Matthew 26:4 ; Psalms 140:2-5 ; Psalms 31:13 ; Psalms 36:3 ; Psalms 3...
Psalms 35:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For — They breathe out nothing but threatenings and war; they use not open violence but subtile artifices, against me and my followers, who desire nothing more than to live quietly and peaceably.

Psalms 35:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 35:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 35:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 35:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 35:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 35:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 35:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 35:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 35:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 35:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 35:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 35:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 35:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 35:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 35:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 35:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 35:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 35:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 35:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 35:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 35:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 35:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 35:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 35:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 35:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes