Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over 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
The appeal is here repeated; the plaintiff feels that the joy of his accusers will be short-lived as soon as impartial justice rules. The oppressors' wrong, the proud man's contumely, the fool's grimace—all, all will cease when the righteous Lord sits down upon the judgment seat.
His enemies hated him without cause, spoke no peace to him, and when he fell they shouted and huzzaed as if their longing were at last satisfied. The crowd follows fortune and execrates the fallen, even as they cried against the Son of David.
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Commenting on Psalm 35:17-28