Psalms 35:11

They accused me to Saul of treachery and designs against his crown and life, and other crimes whereof I was wholly innocent and ignorant.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 35:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

False witnesses did rise up - Margin, “witnesses of wrong.” The Hebrew is, “witnesses of “violence,”” חמס châmâs . That is, they were person...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(i) False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge [things] that I knew not. (i) That would not permit me to purge myself.
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

False witnesses . "Many of them". Compare Matthew 26:60 ; Matthew 26:61 ; Matthew 27:40 ; Mark 14:55-59 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

11. Violent witnesses (709) rise up. The Hebrew is, they shall rise up; but in using the future tense, the Psalmist intimates that he...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. False witnesses did rise up - There is no doubt that several of this ki...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

False witnesses did rise up, &c.— False witnesses will arise; so the Hebrew speaks in the future; and the verbs in the two next periods are a...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. The second strophe, in which the sufferer complains of the malice...
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...
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

I do not think it enough to prove that these words were spoken in a spirit of prophecy, wholly referring to Christ; but I would desire the Reader to...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

False witnesses did rise up ,.... Against David, saying he sought the hurt of Saul, 1 Samuel 24:9 , as did against David's antitype, the Lord Jesus...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge [things] that I knew not. Ver. 11. False witnesses did rise up ] So they did afterward against...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They laid to my charge things I knew not They accused me to Saul of treacherous designs against his crown and life, and of other crimes of which I...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prayer for Deliverance; Sorrowful Complaints. 11 False witnesses did...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Brought Before the Judges He Is Questioned About Crimes Of Which He Knows Nothing, And That By Those To Whom He Had Shown Nothing But Kindness Who A...
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...
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

False witnesses, literally, "witnesses of violence," did rise up, with unjust accusations; they laid to my charge things that I knew not, of whic...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Hypocrisy and Malice of the Wicked
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 24:9 ; 1 Samuel 25:10 ; Acts 24:12 ; Acts 24:13 ; Acts 24:5 ; Acts 24:6 ; Acts 6:13 ; Matthew 26:59 ; Matthew 26:60 ; Psalms 27:12...

¹¹ Falseb witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 35:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 35:11