Psalm 35

Psalm 35

Versículo 1. "Prega a minha causa, Senhor, com os que se esforçam comigo."

Rogai against those who oppose me; strive with my strivers; fight with my contenders. If they insist on their action in the court, Lord, find them there and beat them with their own weapons. All God's saint will have this privilege: the accuser of the brothers will be received by Lawyer of the saints. 'Fight against those who fight against me.' If my adversaries try to force, just like fraud, be a match for them; oppose your strength your strength. Jesus does this for all his beloved - for them, he is both intercessor and champion; whatever help it may be we need, they will receive from him, and in whatever way they are attacked, will be effectively defended. Let us not leave our case in the hands of Lord. Vain is the help of man but the intervention of heaven is always effective.

What is requested here as a benefit can be considered as a promise, for all the saints; in judgment they will have a divine defender, in the war is a divine protection.

Verse 2

'Hold the shield and the buckler and resist my help.' In metaphor vivid, the Lord is depicted armed and stepping into battle between your servant and your enemies. The greatest and smallest protections of provision may be intended here by both defensive arms, discoveries by the Lord's standing position mean his active preservation and jealous of her servant in the dangerous hour. This poetic image shows how the psalmist recognized the existence and power of God; and thought of him as a real and true character, truly working for the distressed.

Verse 3

"Also take the spear, and stop the way against those who oppose me. "they persecute." Before the enemy gets close, the Lord can push him away like if it were a long spear. To avoid problems it is not an act of kindness.

Like when a brave warrior blocks an attack with his spear. gorge, and holds an army until his weaker brothers have having done good, so the Lord often keeps the enemies of the believer at bay distance until the good man has breathed or has fled. from his enemies. He often gives the enemies of Zion some other work to do, and thus gives rest to your church. What a glorious idea this is of Jehovah blocks the path of the persecutors, holding them at the end of the light. giving time for the hunted saint to deceive his pursuer! "Tell my says: "I am your salvation." In addition to holding the enemy, the Lord also you can calm your servant's mind with the expressed certainty of your own mouth, that he is and will be safe under the wing of the Almighty. A inner persuasion of security in God is, above all things, the most precious in the furnace of persecution. A word from the Lord calms all our fears.

Verse 4

"Let those who seek my soul be confounded and ashamed."

There is nothing malicious here, the slandered man simply longs for justice, and the petition is natural and justifiable. Guided by the good spirit of God, the psalmist predicts the eternal confusion of all who hate the just.

Shameful disappointment will be the portion of the enemies of the gospel, and the a kinder Christian at heart wouldn't do it: seeing sinners as men, we love them and seek their good, but considering them as enemies of God, we cannot think of them with anything less than detestation, it is a loyal desire for the confusion of their devices. No subject loyal can wish well to the rebels. Touchy sentimentalism can oppose. to the strong language used here, but in their hearts all good men they wish confusion for the deceivers.

Verse 5

"Let them be like chaff before the wind." They were swift in the enough to attack, let them be fast enough to escape. Let your own fears and the alarms of their consciences unman them so that the the slightest breeze of difficulty should take them here and there. Wicked men are worthless in character and light in their behavior, being devoid of solidity and firmness; it is only that those who act like fools must be treated as such. When this imprecation is fulfilled in men without grace, they will find it horrible to be forever without rest, without peace spirit, or the persistence of soul, hurried from fear to fear, and from misery the misery. 'And let the angel of the Lord pursue them.' Fallen angels they will haunt, good angels will afflict them. Being pursued by vengeful spirits it will be the lot of those who delight in the chase. Observe the whole scene as the psalmist outlines it: the furious enemy is held for the first time at distance, then turned back, then taken to a hasty flight and pursued by fire messengers from whom there is no escape, while your path becomes dark and dangerous; your destruction overwhelming.

Verse 6

"Let your path be dark and slippery." What terrors are gathered here! No light, no point of support and a fierce avenger on their heels! What disgrace is designated for the enemies of God!

They may rage and get furious today, but how altered will it be their situation soon! "And let the angel of the Lord pursue them." He them will continue with warm feet, as we said, never deviating, but as a faithful pursuer serving the order of revenge against them and capturing them in the name of an unwavering justice. Oh, oh, oh to those who touch the people of God; your destruction is quick and certain.

Verse 7

In this verse, the psalmist presents the burden of his accusation. against the servants of the devil. "Without cause" - without having hurt, attacked or provoked; by their own spontaneous malice "they hid the net from me in a "well", just as men hunt with skill and deception. People innocents were often ruined by traps set for them, in the which fell so innocently like beasts stumbling into wells hidden, and are taken as a network. It is no small thing to be able to to feel that the enmity that attacks us is undeserved - without any cause intentional offense on our part. Twice, David states in a verse that his opponents conspired against him "without cause". The production of networks and the digging of trenches require time and work, and both the wicked will spend cheerfully if they can bring down the people of God. The just war it belongs to the honorable men, but the robbers of God's church prefer stingy and detached schemes, and thus prove their nature and their origin. We all must be alert, as the traps and snares are still the favorite weapons of the powers of evil.

Verse 8

"Let destruction come upon him, unaware." This tremendous Cursing is often fulfilled. The judgments of God are many. sudden and significant times. Death enters the house of the pursuer without Stopping to knock on the door. The damn judgment jumps from its hiding place and, in a single blow, the wicked are broken forever. "And leave your net that he hid to take himself: in which his own destruction let him fall." There is a the law of retaliation with God who often works wonderfully. The men set traps and catch their own fingers. They throw stones and they fall upon their own heads. How many times does Satan deceive and burn your fingers with your own embers! This will undoubtedly be one of the grievances. from hell, where men will torment themselves with what they once were spicy tricks of their rebellious minds. They curse and are cursed; they kick the wounds and tear themselves; they spill torrents of fire, and it burns inside and outside.

9. And my soul shall rejoice in the LORD. Thus redeemed, David attributes all the honor to the judge on the right; for his own valiant arm, he does not offer sacrifices of ostentation. He distances himself from his adversaries for his God, and find a deep, uninterrupted joy in Jehovah, and in this joy your the spirit reveals itself. "Rejoice in your salvation." We do not triumph in destruction of others, but in the salvation that has been given to us by God. The prayer Hearing should always suggest compliments. It's okay if we were more demonstratives in our sacred joys. We steal God by suppressing grateful emotions.

10. As if language were not enough to bless God, David becomes every vocal member - "All my bones will say: Lord, who is "similar to you?" He would make all your anatomy resonate with gratitude.

Those bones that should have been broken by my enemies now praising God; each of them will bring their tribute, attributing excellence unequaled to Jehovah, the Savior of his people. Even if it is used for skin and the bone, my skeleton must magnify the Lord, 'who delivers the poor from that what is too strong for him, yes, the poor and the needy of the one who steals. God is the champion, the true wandering knight of all oppressed. Where there is so much condescension, justice, kindness, power and compassion, the highest songs must be presented. Come, dear Reader, were you not freed from sin? Satan and death, and you will not bless? the Redeemer? You were poor and weak, but in due time, Christ sought you and He set him free. O magnificent Lord today and speak well of your name.

Verse 11

"False witnesses have risen up." This is the old device of wicked, and we should not ask ourselves if it will be used against us as it was against the our Master. To please Saul, there were always men who could be found with sufficient means to accuse David. "They put to my "cargo things I didn't know." He hadn't even thought about sedition; he was faithful to excess; however, he was accused of conspiring against the anointed one Sir. He was not only innocent but also ignorant of the alleged guilt. well when our hands are so clean that no trace of dirt is about them.

Verse 12

"They repaid me evil for good." This is diabolical; but the men have learned well the lesson of the old Destroyer and practice it with perfection. "To ruin my soul." They robbed him of comfort and even they took life if it weren't for special rescues from the hands of God. The wicked they despise the just naked for their soul: they have no mercy. There are only such limits to human evil, how can God himself think convenient.

Verse 13

"But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing... it was a sack cloth." David had been a man of sympathy; he mourned when Saul was having health problems, putting in the weeds for him as if he were a close and dear friend. His heart entered em luto por seu mestre doente. "Eu humilhou minha alma com jejum." Ele he begged for his enemy, and made the case of the sick man, pleading and confessing as if your personal sin had caused the harm. This showed a noble spirit in David and greatly aggravated the baseness of those who now they pursued me so cruelly. "And my prayer returned to my own chest." The prayer is never lost: if it does not bless those for whom it intercession is made, it will bless the intercessors. Clouds do not always descend and showers over the same spot where the vapors rose, but descend somewhere; and still pleas in some places here and there produce their rains of mercy. If our the dove does not find rest for the sole of its foot among our enemies, she will fly in our hearts and bring a branch of olive of peace in her mouth.

How clear is the contrast throughout this Psalm between the righteous and their enemies!

We must be sincere to keep the boundary line broad and clear.

Versículo 14. "Eu me comportei como se ele fosse meu amigo ou irmão:" I waited with him diligently, I comforted him affectionately, and I sympathized with It deeply. This can refer to those days when David played harp, and drove away the evil spirit from Saul. "I bowed heavily, like someone who cries for their mother. He lowered his head like they do. that cry. The strongest natural pain was how he felt when he was in troubles. The mother usually receives the deepest love, and her loss is more deeply felt, such was David's pain Like few teachers in these days have so much compassion, and still under the gospel there must be much love more tender than under the law. We had a healthier love for our age adult and we take care of your numerous ailments, we could be much more helpful, We should certainly be infinitely more like Christ. 'He prays better that love better.

15. "But in my adversity they rejoiced." In my stop they they were enchanted. My lameness was sports-related to them. The danger they were close and they sang songs about my anticipated defeat.

How happy are the wicked to see a good man limping! "Now" they say, "he will meet his downfall." "And they gathered," like kites and vultures around a dying sheep. They found a joy common in my ruin and a recreation in my sadness and, therefore, they gathered to keep the party going. They put their heads together to to conceive, and their tongues to deceive. "Yes, the abjects gathered against "Those who deserved the horse transport, the companions whose feet needed canoeing, they gathered to plan and executed hole and corner meetings. Like a curse around a sick lion miserable mean-spirited people insulted and insulted one of them whose name was the their terror. The disabled themselves remained to join the crew malicious. How unanimous are the powers of evil; How heartfelt the men serve the devil; and none decline his service because they are not endowed with great skills! "I didn't know that." Everything was done by my back. In what agitation the world can be, and the cause of all this He may not even realize he offended. 'They tore me apart and did not stop.'

It is such a delicate task to tear apart the character of a good man, who when the slanderers have the upper hand, they hesitate to give up. A a pack of puppies that tear apart their prey is nothing compared to a a group of ill-intentioned gossipers who tarnish the reputation of a worthy man. That the lovers of the gospel are not at this moment. rented and torn like in the old times of Maria, it must be attributed to the providence of God and not to the kindness of men.

16. With hypocritical mockery at the parties, they gnashed their teeth at me with their teeth. Like professional buffoons who smiled around the banquet to play sports, so they would make a thing of mocking the good man; no, However, outside of joy, but of violent and insatiable hatred. As cake mockers, or men who will mock a bit of bread, these scoundrels chased by David pursued David in order to have a belly at Saul's table: having, besides that, a resentment against the son of Jesse, because he was a better man than themselves.

Our Lord powerfully used the words of these verses! Do not let us let's forget to see the Despised and Rejected of men painted here to life. The Calvary and the crew around the cross seem to have been brought before our eyes.

Verse 17

"Lord, how long will you look?" Why be a mere spectator? Why so negligent of your servant? Are you indifferent? No Do you think we perish? We can argue this way with the Lord. He us it allows for this familiarity. There is a time for our salvation, but for the our impatience often seems to be very slow in coming; but the wisdom has ordered the hour and nothing will delay it. 'Redeem my soul from its destructions." From its many devices; its multiplied attacks, may the pleasure of freeing myself. "My dear", my lovely and only soul precious, rescue "from the lions". Your enemies were fierce, clever, and strong. like young lions; God could only free him from their jaws, for God he, therefore, addresses himself.

Verse 18

"I will give you thanks in the great congregation." Notable deliveries they must be registered and their fame displayed. All saints must be informed of the goodness of the Lord. The theme is worthy of the greatest assembly; the the experience of a believer is a suitable subject for a gathered universe to to be heard. Most men publish their sufferings, good men they must proclaim their mercies. 'I will praise You among many people.'

Among friends and enemies, I will glorify the God of my salvation. Praise personal praise, public praise, perpetual praise - should be the daily recipe of King of Heaven. Thus, for the second time, David's prayer ends in praise, as all prayer indeed should.

Verse 19

He prays fervently that, as they have no reason for their in enmity, they may have no reason for triumph, whether in their madness, sin or defeat. "Don't even let them wink an eye that left me without a cause." The eye blink was the sign of congratulation from the lower class by the ruin of its victim, and it may also have been one of its disdainful gestures while they looked at him whom they despised. To cause hatred is the mark of the wicked, suffering without cause is the fate of the righteous. God is the natural Protector of all those who are wronged, and he is the enemy of all oppressors.

Verse 20

"For they do not speak peace." They do not love it; how can they to say that? They are so problematic that they cannot judge others like peaceful. Out of the mouth comes what is in the heart. Unbridled men they accuse others of sedition. "They invent misleading direct mail against they who are quiet on the earth." David would have liked to have been a citizen shepherd, but they worked to make him a rebel. He could not do nothing correctly, all your transactions were distorted. This is an old enemy trick to mark good men with SS on their cheeks, as sowers of sedition, despite having been an innocuous race, like sheep among wolves. When mischief is a meaning, harm is done soon.

The unscrupulous partisans could even accuse Jesus of trying to to overthrow Caesar, they would accuse his household much more. At this very moment, those who Those who defend the rights to the crown of King Jesus are called enemies of the church. favored by the papacy, friends of atheists, levellers, red republicans, and it was hard to say what else. Billingsgate and Babylon are in the league.

21. Yes, they opened their mouths against me. As if they could swallow him.

Spouting big lies that needed loud mouths. They did not they imposed limits on their infamous accusations, but poured out abuses for attacked, trusting that, if not everyone joined, some would. "And he said: Aha, aha, our eye saw this. I am happy to discover a lack or a misfortune, or to swear that they had seen evil where there was none.

Malice has only one eye; it is blind to all virtue in its enemy. The eyes usually can see what the hearts desire. A man with a speck In the eye, a point sees the sun. How foolish a man is when he fights. com os infortúnios dos outros! Que tal um diabo quando ele ri um riso de hyena over the slips of a good man! Malice is madness and when hold a festival, its tones and gestures far exceed all the crazies and ghosts of the Lord of misgovernment.

22. "You have seen this, O Lord". Here is the comfort. Our heavenly Father knows all our sadness. Omniscience is the candle of the saint that never shut up. A father will not last long to see his abused son. God does not Will he avenge his own chosen ones? "Do not remain silent." Reproach your own. enemies and mine, O Lord. A word will make this happen. Clean my character, comfort my heart. "Lord, do not stay far from me." Walk the burn with me. Stay at the pillory by my side. The sweet presence of God it is the divine cordial of the persecuted; its painful absence would be their misery deeper.

Verse 23

"Act." Be about your worth. Prove that you are not. indifferent witness of all this infamy. "Awakening to judge." Take the center and summon the great group; demand justice, avenge oppression.

Do not be like the men who sleep. "Even my cause, my God and My Lord. the two hands; he leaves his case with the just judge. He pleads that the process be judged, heard, judged, and the verdict given. Well, it's for a man when his conscience is so clear that he dares to make such an appeal.

Verse 24

The appeal is repeated here; The seeker feels that the joy of his accusers will be short-lived as soon as impartial justice prevails. wrong oppressors, the proud man, stubborn, the fool's grimace - everything this will cease when the just Lord sits in judgment.

Verse 25

"Do not say in your hearts: Ah, this we would do; do not say: "We swallowed him." Disappoint them from their prey when their mouths are ready to swallow them. The saints are a very beloved piece. for the powers of evil; God will not deliver His sheep to the jaws of wolf of the pursuers. Only when they are tuning their pipes for celebrate your victory, they will be made to laugh from the other side of their mouths.

They are all very right and proud; they consider without their host: few dream of the end that will be placed in their plans. Their bird will be void and they themselves will be in the trap. The prayer of this text is a promise. Even before the lips of the wicked can frame a exultation speech, they will be disappointed; your heartfelt speech will be anticipated, your frustrated wishes, your dishonest tricks exposed.

26. Here is the eternal result of all the laborious and cunning devices two of the Lord's enemies. God will make little of them, although they " they would be ashamed of them for embarrassing their people, to confuse them, to be confused, to tear off their fine clothes, to give them a dishonor merciful, and turn all your joys into weeping and mourning and to arrange teeth. Truly, the saints can afford to wait.

27. "Sing with joy, and rejoice, for they favor my just cause."

Even those who could not provide him active help, but in their hearts favored them, David would have the Lord reward more abundantly. Tender-hearted men place great importance on the good votes and prayers of the people of the Lord. Jesus also values those whose hearts are with your cause. The day is coming when the cries of victory will be raised by all those who are by the side of Christ, for the battle will become and the enemies of truth will be defeated. "Yes, they say continuamente: Seja engrandecido o Senhor." Ele teria sua alegria contributing to divine glory; they should not shout in praise of David, but for the honor of Jehovah. These praises can continue throughout the time and eternity. "He takes pleasure in the prosperity of his servant." "They they recognized David as a servant of the Lord, and they saw with pleasure the favor of the Sir to him. We cannot have a title more noble than 'servant of God'. and no reward greater than for our Master. for us let us delight in our prosperity. What true prosperity can it be? that we are not always more capable of judging. We have to leave that to the Jesus' hands, He will not cease to govern all things for our good greater. He will not cease to govern all things for our greater good. He will not stop governing all things for our greater good.

For his saints it is confessed.

What he does is always better.

Verse 28

Continuous praise is here sworn to the just and gracious God. morning until night, the grateful tongue spoke and sang and glorified the Sir. To such a resolution made by all of us!