Psalms 35:22

This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
seen	רָאִ֣יתָה ra.'I.tah	H7200	to see · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
LORD	יְ֭הוָה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
silence	תֶּחֱרַ֑שׁ te.che.Rash	H2790	to scratch · verb, qal jussive, 2nd person masculine singular
Lord	אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י 'a.do.Nai	H136	the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) · proper noun, a title
far	תִּרְחַ֥ק tir.Chak	H7368	to widen (in any direction) · verb, qal jussive, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Exodus 3:7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmaster…
Psalms 10:1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Psalms 28:1 Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Psalms 22:11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
Psalms 38:21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
Psalms 71:12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
Isaiah 65:6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
Psalms 22:19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 35:17–end

In these verses, as before, I. David describes the great injustice, malice, and insolence, of his persecutors, pleading this with God as a reason why he should protect him from them and appear against them. 1. They were very unrighteous; they were his enemies wrongfully, for he never gave them any provocation: They hated him without a cause; nay, for that for which they ought rather to have loved and honoured him. This is quoted, with application to Christ, and is said to be fulfilled in him. Joh 15:25, They hated me without cause. 2. They were very rude; they could not find in their hearts to show him common civility: They speak not peace; if they met him, they had not the good manners to g…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 35:21

On the gesture compare Psa 22:7; and on the expressions of malicious triumph, compare Psa 10:13; Psa 28:3.

John Gill on Psalms 35:22

This thou hast seen, O Lord,.... The insults and derisions of these men, and the injuries they did to him, whom they hated. God is omniscient, and sees all things, all the evil wicked men do to him; and he will requite them in his own time; see Psalm 10:14; keep not silence; meaning at his prayers; that he would not be as one deaf and dumb, turning his ears from his cries, and giving no answer to his requests; see Psalm 28:1; O Lord, be not far from me; meaning not as to his general presence, in which sense he is not far from any, Acts 17: but with respect to his gracious presence and appearance to him for help and deliverance; see Psalm 22:1.

John Calvin on Psalms 35:19-23

Psalm 35:19-23 19. Let not those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink with the eye. 20. For they speak not peace; [719] but devise deceitful words upon the clefts of the earth. 21. They have opened their mouth against me: they have said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen it. [720] 22. O Jehovah! thou hast also seen it: keep not silence: O Lord! be not far from me. 23. Stir up thyself, and awake for my judgment, O my God! even for my cause, O my Lord! 19. Let not those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me. Because David's enemies already exulted in the hope of seeing his overthrow and destruction, he prays that God would not su…

The Church Fathers

What a wonderful patience there was in him who was the greatest Majesty! Was he unable to descend alive from … the cross to put his enemies to shame, if after dying he rose from the tomb on the third day? But it was not suitable for the divine power to be moved by the words of those hurling insults, so that consequently they might blush even more when all the predictions were confirmed.
— Cassiodorus, EXPLANATION OF THE PSALMS 35:21

"This Thou hast seen, O Lord; keep not silence" [Psalm 35:22]. What is, "keep not silence"? Judge Thou. For of judgment is it said in a certain place, "I have kept silence; shall I keep silence for ever?" And of the delaying of judgment it is said to the sinner, "These things hast thou done, and I kept silence;" "Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself." How keepeth He silence, who speaketh by the Prophets, who speaketh with His own mouth in the Gospel, who speaketh by the Evangelists, who speaketh by us, when we speak the truth? What then? He keepeth silence from judgment, not from precept, not from doctrine. But this His judgment the Prophet in a manner invoketh, and predicteth: "Thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence;" that is, Thou wilt not keep silence, needs must that Thou wilt judge. "O Lord, be not far from Me." Until Thy judgment come, be not far from Me, as Thou hast promised, "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world."
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 35

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Dictionary and topics

Enemy · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

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 35:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 35:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 35:21

John Gill on Psalms 35:22

John Calvin on Psalms 35:19-23

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 35:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 35:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 35:21

John Gill on Psalms 35:22

John Calvin on Psalms 35:19-23

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 35:22-24

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 35:21-25

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 35:22