1-10 David prays for his own safety, and his enemies confusion 11-21 He complains of their wrongful dealing 22-28 Thereby he incites God against them

A.M. 2942 B.C. 1062
Plead Ps 43:1 119:154 1Sa 24:15 Pr 22:23 23:11 Jer 51:36 La 3:58 Mic 7:9

fight Ex 14:25 Jos 10:42 Ne 4:20 Ac 5:39 23:9

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

Ps 7:12,13 Ex 15:3 De 32:41,42 Isa 13:5 42:13

3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

stop Ps 27:2 76:10 1Sa 23:26,27 Job 1:10 Isa 8:9,10 10:12 Ac 4:28

say Ps 51:12 62:7 91:16 Ge 49:18 Isa 12:2 Lu 2:30

4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

confounded Ps 35:26 31:17,18 40:14,15 70:2,3 71:24

that Ps 38:12 1Sa 23:23 1Ki 19:10 Eze 13:19 Mt 27:1

turned Ps 129:5 Isa 37:29 Jer 46:5 Joh 18:6

5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

as chaff Ps 1:4 83:13-17 Job 21:18 Isa 17:13 29:5 Ho 13:3

and Ex 14:19 Isa 37:36 Ac 12:23 Heb 11:28

6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

their Ps 73:18 Pr 4:19 Jer 13:16 23:12

dark and slippery [heb.] darkness and slipperiness

7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

without Ps 7:3-5 25:3 64:4 Joh 15:25

hid Ps 9:15 119:85 140:5 Job 18:8

8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

Let destruction. All the verbs in these verses (4-8) in the original, are in the future tense, as a prediction, and should probably be so rendered, though as that tense is frequently used in Hebrew for the imperative, most translators, both ancient and modern, have considered them as an imprecation Ps 64:7 73:18-20 Pr 29:1 Lu 21:34 1Th 5:3

at unawares [heb.] which he knoweth not of
net Ps 7:15,16 57:6 141:9,10 Pr 5:22

into 1Sa 18:17 31:2-4 2Sa 17:2-4,23 18:14,15 Es 7:10 Mt 27:3-5

9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

Ps 13:5 21:1 33:21 48:11 58:10,11 68:1-3 1Sa 2:1 Isa 61:10 Hab 3:18 Lu 1:46,47 Ga 5:22 Php 3:1-3

10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

All Ps 22:14 32:3 34:20 38:3 51:8 102:3 Job 33:19-25

who Ps 71:19 86:8 89:6-8 Ex 15:11 Isa 40:18,25 Jer 10:7

which Ps 10:14 22:24 34:6 69:33 102:17-20 109:31 140:12 Job 5:15,16 Pr 22:22,23

too Ps 18:17

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

False witnesses [heb.] Witnesses of wrong Ps 27:12 1Sa 24:9 25:10 Mt 26:59,60 Ac 6:13 24:5,6,12,13

laid [heb.] asked me

12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

they. Ps 38:20 109:3-5 1Sa 19:4,5,15 22:13,14 Pr 17:13 Jer 18:20 Joh 10:32

spoiling [heb.] depriving 1Sa 20:31-33 Lu 23:21-23

my soul. Or, `my life,' as the word nephesh frequently denotes

13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

when Ps 69:10,11 Job 30:25 Mt 5:44 Ro 12:14,15

humbled. or, afflicted Le 16:29,31 Mt 9:14,15

my prayer Mt 10:13 Lu 10:6

14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

I behaved [heb.] I walked as a friend, as brother to me
I bowed 2Sa 1:11,12,17 Lu 19:41,42

as one. Or, `as a mourning mother,' [] Ge 24:67

15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

in mine Ps 35:25,26 41:8 71:10,11 Job 31:29 Pr 17:5 24:17,18

adversity [heb.] halting Ps 38:17 Jer 20:10 1Co 13:6

the objects Ps 22:16 69:12 Job 30:1-12 Mt 27:27-30,39-44 Ac 17:5

I knew Ps 35:8

they Ps 7:2 57:4 Job 16:9

16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

hypocritical 1Sa 20:24 Isa 1:14,15 Joh 18:28 1Co 5:8

gnashed Ps 37:12 Job 16:9 La 2:16 Ac 7:54

17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

how Ps 6:3 13:1,2 74:9,10 89:46 94:3,4

look Ps 10:14 Hab 1:13

rescue Ps 22:20,21 57:4 69:14,15 142:6,7

darling [heb.] only one

18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

give Ps 22:22-25,31 40:9,10 69:30-34 111:1 116:14,18 Heb 2:12

praise Ps 67:1-4 117:1-2 138:4,5 Ro 15:9

much [heb.] strong Isa 25:3

19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

Let Ps 35:15 13:4 25:2 38:16 Joh 16:20-22 Re 11:7-10

wrongfully [heb.] falsely Ps 38:19

wink Job 15:12 Pr 6:13 10:10

that hate Ps 69:4 109:3 119:161 1Sa 24:11,12 La 3:52 Joh 15:25

20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

For Ps 120:5-7

but Ps 31:13 36:3,4 38:12 52:2 64:4-6 140:2-5 Jer 11:19 Da 6:5 Mt 26:4 Ac 23:15 25:3

quiet Mt 12:19,24 1Pe 2:22,23

21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

Yea Ps 22:13 Isa 9:12 Lu 11:53,54

Aha Ps 40:15 54:7 70:3

22 This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

This Ex 3:7 Ac 7:34

keep Ps 28:1 39:12 50:21 83:1

be Ps 10:1 22:11,19 38:21 71:12 Isa 65:6

23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

Stir Ps 7:6 44:23 80:2 Isa 51:9

my God Ps 89:26 142:5 Joh 20:28

24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

Judge Ps 7:8 18:20-24 26:1 43:1 2Th 1:6 1Pe 2:22

and let Ps 35:19 Job 20:5

25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

say Ps 27:12 28:3 70:3 74:8 Job 1:5 Mr 2:6,8

Ah [heb.] Ah, Ah, our soul
so Ps 140:8 Ex 15:9 Mt 27:43

We have Ps 56:1,2 57:3 124:3 2Sa 20:19 La 2:16 1Co 15:54

26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

ashamed Ps 35:4 40:14,15 71:13 129:5 132:18 Isa 41:11 65:13-15

clothed Ps 109:28,29 132:18 Job 8:22 1Pe 5:5

magnify Ps 38:16 55:12 Job 19:5 Jer 48:26 Da 11:36

27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

shout Ps 40:16 68:3 132:9,16 142:7 Isa 66:10,11 Joh 16:22 Ro 12:15 1Co 12:26

righteous cause [heb.] righteousness Pr 8:18

say Ps 70:4

which Ps 149:4 Jer 32:40,41 Zep 3:14,17

28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

Ps 34:1 50:15 51:14,15 71:24 104:33,34 145:1,2,5,21