Psalms 35:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul. ”

Psalms 35:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit - See Psalms 7:15 , note; Psalms 9:15 , note. This figure is derived from hunting. The idea is that of digging a pit or hole for a wild...
Psalms 35:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For (e) without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul. (e) Showing that we may not call God to be a revenger but only for his glory, and...
Psalms 35:7 - 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 35:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

without cause. See note on Psalms 35:19 . net in. pit: i.e.. pit covered with. net.
Psalms 35:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. For they have hid for me without a cause. He here declares that he did not take the name of God in vain, nor call upon him for protection without just cause, for he openly asserts his inn...
Psalms 35:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul. For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit - The word שחת shachath, a p...
Psalms 35:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Which without cause, &c.— Without provocation he hath digged a pit for my life. Saul seems to be pointed at in this clause, by the change of the plural number into the singular. Compare 1 Sa...
Psalms 35:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul. They hid for me their net in a pit. Their having laid for the petitioner a pit-net...
Psalms 35:7 - 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 35:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Have they hid... — Literally, they have hid for me the pit of their net, which, as it stands, can mean nothing but a “pit with a net in it,” such as was used to entrap lions and other wild beasts...
Psalms 35:7 - 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 35:7 - 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 35:7 - 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 35:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Who can be at a loss to discover the blessed Jesus here pointed out, of him it might be strictly said, it was indeed causeless when the enemies of God's Christ sought his destruction: John 15:25 . A...
Psalms 35:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit ,.... This is said in allusion to the custom of digging pits, and putting nets into them, for the catching of wild beasts; and covering th...
Psalms 35:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul. Ver. 7. For without cause have they hid for me, &c. ] The wicked are so acted a...
Psalms 35:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let their way By which they flee, being chased, as was now said; be dark and slippery So as that they can neither discern the right path, nor be able to stand in it, and much less to escape, espe...
Psalms 35:7 - 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 35:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Out of mere malice, without any injury or provocation on my part, and without any necessity on their parts. They are no common, but the worst of enemies; and therefore I may justly pray against them,...
Psalms 35:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

He Asks That Those Who Are Hunting For Him Might Fall Into The Trap That They Themselves Have Set So That Once More He Can Rejoice in YHWH's Salvation ( Psalms 35:7-10 ). This movement from the ba...
Psalms 35:7 - 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 35:7 - 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 35:7 - 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 35:7 - 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 35:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 18:8 ; John 15:25 ; Psalms 119:85 ; Psalms 140:5 ; Psalms 25:3 ; Psalms 64:4 ; Psalms 7:3-5 ; Psalms 9:15
Psalms 35:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For — Out of mere malice.

Psalms 35:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 35:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 35:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 35:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 35:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 35:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 35:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 35:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 35:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 35:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 35:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 35:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 35:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 35:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 35:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 35:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 35:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 35:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 35:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 35:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 35:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 35:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 35:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 35:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 35:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 35:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes