1 <Of David.> O Lord, be on my side against those who are judging me; be at war with those who make war against me.
And made the wheels of their war-carriages stiff, so that they had hard work driving them: so the Egyptians said, Let us go in flight from before the face of Israel, for the Lord is fighting for them against the Egyptians.
Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.
Wherever you may be when the horn is sounded, come here to us; our God will be fighting for us.
Undertake my cause, and come to my help, give me life, as you have said.
But the Lord says, Even the prisoners of the strong will be taken from him, and the cruel made to let go his goods: for I will take up your cause against your haters, and I will keep your children safe.
For this reason the Lord has said: See, I will give support to your cause, and take payment for what you have undergone; I will make her sea dry, and her fountain without water.
And all these kings and their land Joshua took at the same time, because the Lord, the God of Israel, was fighting for Israel.
After whom has the king of Israel come out? for whom are you searching? for a dead dog, an insect.
O Lord, you have taken up the cause of my soul, you have made my life safe.
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Commentary on Psalms 35 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 35
David, in this psalm, appeals to the righteous Judge of heaven and earth against his enemies that hated and persecuted him. It is supposed that Saul and his party are the persons he means, for with them he had the greatest struggles.
In singing this psalm, and praying over it, we must take heed of applying it to any little peevish quarrels and enmities of our own, and of expressing by it any uncharitable revengeful resentments of injuries done to us; for Christ has taught us to forgive our enemies and not to pray against them, but to pray for them, as he did; but,
A psalm of David.
Psa 35:1-10
In these verses we have,
Psa 35:11-16
Two very wicked things David here lays to the charge of his enemies, to make good his appeal to God against them-perjury and ingratitude.
Psa 35:17-28
In these verses, as before,