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Text -- Psalms 35:1-15 (NET)
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Psalm 35
35:1 By David . O Lord , fight those who fight with me! Attack those who attack me!
35:2 Grab your small shield and large shield , and rise up to help me!
35:3 Use your spear and lance against those who chase me! Assure me with these words: “I am your deliverer !”
35:4 May those who seek my life be embarrassed and humiliated ! May those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed !
35:5 May they be like wind-driven chaff , as the Lord’s angel attacks them!
35:6 May their path be dark and slippery , as the Lord’s angel chases them!
35:7 I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me .
35:8 Let destruction take them by surprise ! Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction !
35:9 Then I will rejoice in the Lord and be happy because of his deliverance .
35:10 With all my strength I will say , “O Lord , who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them.”
35:11 Violent men perjure themselves, and falsely accuse me.
35:12 They repay me evil for the good I have done; I am overwhelmed with sorrow .
35:13 When they were sick , I wore sackcloth , and refrained from eating food . (If I am lying, may my prayers go unanswered !)
35:14 I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother . I bowed down in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother .
35:15 But when I stumbled , they rejoiced and gathered together ; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Enemy |
PSALMS, BOOK OF |
David |
Friends |
Ingratitude |
Afflictions and Adversities |
Anthropomorphisms |
Good for Evil |
War |
Angel of the Lord |
TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT |
Friendship |
Thankfulness |
Prayer |
Net |
Joy |
Angel |
AGRICULTURE |
Chaff |
ABJECT |
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NET Notes -> Psa 35:1; Psa 35:1; Psa 35:2; Psa 35:3; Psa 35:3; Psa 35:3; Psa 35:4; Psa 35:5; Psa 35:5; Psa 35:5; Psa 35:6; Psa 35:7; Psa 35:8; Psa 35:8; Psa 35:9; Psa 35:10; Psa 35:10; Psa 35:10; Psa 35:10; Psa 35:11; Psa 35:11; Psa 35:12; Psa 35:12; Psa 35:13; Psa 35:13; Psa 35:13; Psa 35:14; Psa 35:14; Psa 35:14; Psa 35:15; Psa 35:15
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NET Notes: Psa 35:2 Two different types of shields are mentioned here. See also Ezek 38:4. Many modern translations render the first term (translated here “small sh...
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NET Notes: Psa 35:4 The four prefixed verbal forms in this verse are understood as jussives. The psalmist is calling judgment down on his enemies. See also the distinct j...
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NET Notes: Psa 35:7 Heb “for without cause they hid for me a pit of their net, without cause they dug for my life.” It appears that the words “pit”...
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NET Notes: Psa 35:10 Heb “the oppressed [one] and needy [one] from [the one who] robs him.” As in the previous line, the singular forms are used in a represent...
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NET Notes: Psa 35:13 Heb “and my prayer upon my chest will return.” One could translate, “but my prayer was returning upon my chest,” but the use o...
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