Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life! Let them be turned back and disappointed who devise evil against me!
David's enemies are not mere dupes swept along by Saul's court; he distinguishes carefully between those thoughtlessly caught up in hatred through ignorance and those deliberate malefactors who wickedly conspired to destroy an innocent man for favor. Against the latter, he calls on God for justice, knowing his own innocence and relying on God's promise spoken through Samuel.
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Commenting on Psalm 35:1-28
There is nothing malicious in this prayer, the slandered man simply craves justice. God's Spirit guided the Psalmist to foretell the everlasting confusion of all who hate the righteous. We cannot wish well to the rebels against God, however tender our hearts toward sinners as men; squeamish objection to such language only masks what all loyal subjects truly desire: the ruin of mischief-makers.
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David was God's servant, walking in duty and conscience, yet his enemies hunted him like a beast, dug pits, laid nets, and devised his ruin with unwearied malice. They could hide their snares from him, but never from God; and though he faced an unequal match in their strength, his appeal is not to his own arm but to the Lord's.
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Commenting on Psalm 35:1-10