Psalms 35 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bible Comments

  • Psalms 35:1-28 open_in_new

    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 pursuing the foe but not that of pushing or thrusting.

    Psalms 35:7. Read, Without a cause have they hid for me their net: without a cause have they dug a pit for my life.

    Psalms 35:9 f. Soul and bones stand for the whole person.

    Psalms 35:12 b. The text cannot be right. Laying snares for my soul is a possible conjecture.

    Psalms 35:13. His prayer returned into his own bosom, because his head was bowed down and he did not look up.

    Psalms 35:15. abjects: read probably aliens.

    Psalms 35:16. MT is senseless. A conjecture (cf. LXX) is, They have reproached me and mocked me exceedingly.