Psalms 35:15

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:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
adversity	וּבְצַלְעִי֮ u.ve.tzal.'I	H6761	a limping or full (figuratively) · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
rejoiced	שָׂמְח֪וּ sa.me.Chu	H8055	probably to brighten up · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
together	וְֽנֶאֱ֫סָ֥פוּ ve.ne.'E.Sa.fu	H622	to gather for any purpose · conjunction + verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person common plural
abjects	נֵ֭כִים Ne.khim	H5222	a smiter · noun, common masculine plural absolute
together	נֶאֶסְפ֬וּ ne.'es.Fu	H622	to gather for any purpose · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person common plural
knew	יָדַ֑עְתִּי ya.Da'.ti	H3045	to know (properly · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
tear	קָֽרְע֥וּ ka.re.'U	H7167	to rend · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
ceased	דָֽמּוּ Da.mu	H1826	to be dumb · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Jeremiah 20:10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, sayi…
Mark 14:65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with…
Psalms 7:2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Psalms 71:10-11 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
Matthew 27:27-30 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
Matthew 27:39-44 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
Job 16:9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
Job 30:1-12 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 35:11-16

Two very wicked things David here lays to the charge of his enemies, to make good his appeal to God against them - perjury and ingratitude. I. Perjury, Psa 35:11. When Saul would have David attainted of treason, in order to his being outlawed, perhaps he did it with the formalities of a legal prosecution, produced witnesses who swore some treasonable words or overt acts against him, and he being not present to clear himself (or, if he was, it was all the same), Saul adjudged him a traitor. This he complains of here as the highest piece of injustice imaginable: False witnesses did rise up, who would swear anything; they laid to my charge things that I knew not, nor ever thought of. See how mu…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 35:15

On the contrary, they rejoiced in his affliction. Halting, or, "lameness," as in Psa 38:17 for any distress. abjects--either as cripples (compare Sa2 4:4), contemptible; or, degraded persons, such as had been beaten (compare Job 30:1-8). I knew it not--either the persons, or, reasons of such conduct. tear me, and ceased not--literally, "were not silent"--showing that the tearing meant slandering.

John Gill on Psalms 35:15

But in mine adversity they rejoiced,.... Or "at my halting" (u), either by means of falling into sin; good men are subject to slips and falls, and that to the dislocating or breaking of their bones, which cause them to go halting all their days; wicked men watch for their halting, as Jeremiah's familiars did for his, Jeremiah 20:10; and rejoice at it; see Psalm 38:16; or by falling into some misfortune or calamity; hence we render it "adversity", and may design some affliction or other, as in Micah 4:6, at which wicked men rejoice; see Ezekiel 35:15; so David's enemies rejoiced at his afflictions; and the enemies of his son and antitype, the Lord Jesus Christ, were glad when Judas offered to…

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John Calvin on Psalms 35:11-15

The Church Fathers

"And against Me they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together" [Psalm 35:15], against Me only: they rejoicing, I sorrowful. But we heard just now in the Gospel, "Blessed are they that mourn." [Matthew 5:5] If they are blessed that mourn, miserable are they that laugh. "Against Me they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: scourges were gathered together against Me, and they knew not." Because they laid to My charge things that I knew not, they also knew not Whom they charged.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 35

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Abjects — (Ps. 35:15), the translation of a Hebrew word meaning smiters; probably, in allusion to the tongue, slanderers. (Comp. Jer. 18:18.)
Character Of The Wicked · Rejoicing in the affliction of saints — Rejoicing in the affliction of saints
Enemy · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Friends · .David’s friends were false to David — .David’s friends were false to David
Ingratitude · .David’s companions to David — .David’s companions to David
Malice · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Scoffing · .Enemies of David — .Enemies of David
Scorning And Mocking · Exemplified: Enemies of David — Exemplified: Enemies of David

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 35:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 35:11-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 35:15

John Gill on Psalms 35:15

John Calvin on Psalms 35:11-15

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 35:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 35:11-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 35:15

John Gill on Psalms 35:15

John Calvin on Psalms 35:11-15

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 35:11-16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 35:11-18

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 35:15