Psalms 35:5

wind. Hebrew. ruach.

the angel of the LORD. See note on Psalms 34:7.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 35:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let them be as chaff before the wind - As chaff is driven away in winnowing grain. See the notes at Psalms 1:4 . And let the angel of the Lor...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD (d) chase [them]. (d) Smite them with the spirit of giddiness that their enterpr...
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 t...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The same thing he expresses more clearly in the following verse, praying that the angel of the Lord would drive them through dark and slippery...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them . Let the angel of the Lord chase them - By angel we may either under...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And let the angel of the Lord chase them— And an angel of the Lord driving: i.e. a very violent wind. He maketh his angels wind, &c. Mudge....
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them. Let them be as chaff - ( Psalms 1:4 .) Angel ... The same...
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 ungratefu...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

As chaff. — Comp. Psalms 1:4 , and see Note. There can be little doubt that the “angel of Jehovah” in this and the following verse is (comp. Psal...
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 b...
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 i...
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,...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

When the prayer is thus expressed in faith, let the opposers of Christ and his church be confounded, and ashamed, and turned back; it is in other wor...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let them be as chaff before the wind ,.... As they are; see Psalms 1:4 ; and let the angel of the Lord chase [them] ; either a good angel, who is...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase [them]. Ver. 5. Let them be as chaff ] Facti sint a corde suo fugitivi,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let them be Or, They shall be; as chaff before the wind That is, dispersed and chased from place to place, finding rest and safety nowhere. And...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prayer for Divine Protection. A psalm of David. 1 Plead my cause,...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As chaff before the wind, i.e. dispersed and chased from place to place, finding rest and safety no where. The angel of the Lord; whom God useth...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

He Calls on God By His Angel to Drive His Enemies Back and Put Them to Flight ( Psalms 35:4-6 ). Not content with the fact that YHWH will stand wi...
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 du...
Scofield Reference Notes

angel ( See Scofield) - ( Hebrews 1:4 ).
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 fi...
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 gr...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Let them be as chaff before the wind, scattered to the four corners of the earth; and let the Angel of the Lord chase them, Jehovah Himself, in the...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 12:23 ; Exodus 14:19 ; Hebrews 11:28 ; Hosea 13:3 ; Isaiah 17:13 ; Isaiah 29:5 ; Isaiah 37:36 ; Job 21:18 ; Psalms 1:4 ; Psalms 83:13-...

⁵ Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 35:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 35:5