Psalms 35:2

Take hold of shield and buckler; therewith to cover and defend me. Compare Psalms 91:4 Proverbs 2:7.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 35:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Take hold of shield and buckler - That is, Arm thyself as if for the contest. It is a prayer, in a new form, that God would interpose, and that h...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(b) Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. (b) Even though God can with his breath destroy all his enemies, yet the Holy Spiri...
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

shield, &c. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. Take the shield. These words certainly cannot be applied, in the strict and proper sense, to God, who has no need of the spear or buckler...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. Take hold of shield and buckler - Let them be discomfited in battle who are striving to...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. Shield and buckler. The Hebrew means 'the small shield' х maageen ( H4043 )]...
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

Shield and buckler. — Better, buckler and shield, as the first (Heb., magen ) suggests a small, the latter ( tsinnah ) a large shield covering t...
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

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 sla...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Take hold of shield and buckler ,.... Defensive weapons; not that the Lord stands in need of any of these to defend himself with: but the sense is,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. Ver. 2. Take hold of shield and buckler ] Jehovah is a man of war, Exodus 15:3 , and...
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 no...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prayer for Divine Protection. A psalm of David. 1 Plead my cause,...
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 d...
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

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

Take hold of shield and buckler, the smaller one being used to protect the head, the larger to shelter the whole body, and stand up for mine help,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 32:41 ; Deuteronomy 32:42 ; Exodus 15:3 ; Isaiah 13:5 ; Isaiah 42:13 ; Psalms 7:12 ; Psalms 7:13

² Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 35:2

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

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

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

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