Tag: Psalm 35

Enemies of the children of God will express great, often malicious, pleasure and self-satisfaction when they see the children of God in distress, especially due to their actions and lies. When this happened to David he asked that his enemies be put to shame, confusion, and disgrace when he was vindicated. And David was vindicated. […]

The Lord sees and yet he is silent. He waits. He knows and yet he does nothing. He remains far from me. The Lord appears to sleep while I am in distress. I am falsely put to shame and disgrace and the Lord does not defend me. This is what David experienced. This is what […]

Jesus quoted verse 19 to his apostles on the night he was betrayed. John 15:25 records his word, “But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.’” (John 15:25) Enemies without cause and hate without reason are common in the Psalter. (38:19, 69:4, 109:3, 119:78, 86, 161, and […]

Is David bargaining with God? David’s troubled life remains, so David seems to present an if-then contract to God. Is it wrong to present an accord, that is an exchange agreement with God? Here and elsewhere it seems that David is presenting a contract to God. David is not the only one. Gideon’s fleece experiment […]

David’s words reflect what would happen to Jesus, the Son of David centuries later. “Ruthless witnesses come forward; they question me on things I know nothing about,” is witnessed in Matthew’s and Mark’s gospels. “The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to […]

The world has many rich who obtained their wealth by robbing others. (10) One moment the hard work, perspiration, ingenuity, and perseverance that brought me the desires of my heart can be taken by those too strong for me. Fugitive David experienced this. The rage of a jealous king in a moment took away the […]

Once again, David calls on the Warrior Heavenly King to contend against his opponents, “Fight against those who fight against me.” David was a capable warrior from a young age. The battles he fought were against Israel’s enemies and invaders. Yet, these pursuing enemies were different. They were Israelites, acquaintances with whom he had shown […]