Psalms 35:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. ”

Psalms 35:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Draw out also the spear - The word here rendered “draw out” means properly to pour out; to empty; and it is applied to the act of emptying sacks, Genesis 42:35 ; to emptying bottles, Jeremiah 4...
Psalms 35:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Draw out also the spear, and stop [the way] against them that persecute me: say unto my (c) soul, I [am] thy salvation. (c) Assure me against these temptations, that you are the author of my salvati...
Psalms 35:3 - 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 35:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

stop . close up. Some render "battle axe" or "barricade". persecute . pursue. my soul . me (emph.) Hebrew. nephesh.
Psalms 35:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. Say to my soul. Some expound these words thus: Declare to me by secret inspiration; and others, Make me to feel indeed that my salvation is in thy hand. In my opinion, David desires to ha...
Psalms 35:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 555 THE SINNER’S HOPE Psalms 35:3 . Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. SUSPENSE is extremely painful to the human mind, and the more so in proportion to the danger to which we ar...
Psalms 35:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation - Give me an assurance that thou wilt defend b...
Psalms 35:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. Draw out also the spear - namely, from thy armoury. And stop (the way) - in...
Psalms 35:3 - 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 35:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Draw out also the spear — i.e., from the sheath, that seems to have been used to guard its point. So δουροδόκη (Homer, Odyssey, i. 128). Stop the way. — So LXX., Vulg., and all ancient versi...
Psalms 35:3 - 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 35:3 - 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 35:3 - 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 35:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Psalms 35:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Draw out also the spear ,.... An offensive weapon; expressive of the vengeance which God sometimes takes of the enemies of his people, when he bends his bow, shoots his arrows, whets his glittering...
Psalms 35:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Draw out also the spear, and stop [the way] against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I [am] thy salvation. Ver. 3. Draw out also the spear ] viz. That thy contending and appearing for me...
Psalms 35:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 35:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prayer for Divine Protection. A psalm of David. 1 Plead my cause, O L ORD , with them that strive with me: fight a...
Psalms 35:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The spear; thy offensive weapons. He alludes to the practice of soldiers in battle. The way, in which they are marching directly and furiously against me. But divers interpreters, both Hebrews an...
Psalms 35:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 35:3 - 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 35:3 - 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 35:3 - 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 35:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Psalms 35:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 23:26 ; 1 Samuel 23:27 ; Acts 4:28 ; Genesis 49:18 ; Isaiah 10:12 ; Isaiah 12:2 ; Isaiah 8:10 ; Isaiah 8:9 ; Job 1:10 ; Luke 2:30 ; Psalms 27:2 ; Psalms 51:12 ; Psalms 62:7 ; P...
Psalms 35:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Say — By thy spirit assuring me of it: and by thy providence effecting it.

Psalms 35:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 35:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 35:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 35:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 35:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 35:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 35:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 35:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 35:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 35:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 35:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 35:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 35:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 35:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 35:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 35:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 35:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 35:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 35:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 35:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 35:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 35:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 35:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 35:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 35:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 35:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes