Psalm 35:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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:

In mine

Adversity

Psalm 38:17

Jeremiah 20:10

1 Corinthians 13:6

The abjects

They

Psalm 7:2

Psalm 57:4

Job 16:9

General references

Bible References

In mine

Don't let them say in their hearts, "Yes! We got what we wanted." Don't let them say, "We have swallowed him up."

They say, "Wickedness is entrenched in him. Once he is brought low, he will not rise again."

For my enemies talk against me; those who seek to kill me plot together

"Have I rejoiced in the destruction of those who hate me, or have I been happy that evil caught up with him?

Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their maker, and whoever is happy about disaster will not go unpunished.

Don't rejoice when your enemy falls; don't let yourself be glad when he stumbles.

Adversity

Indeed, I am being set up for a fall, and I am continuously reminded of my pain.

Indeed, I hear many people whispering, "Terror on every side. Denounce him, let's denounce him!" All my close friends watch my steps and say, "Perhaps he will be deceived, and we can prevail against him and take vengeance on him."

is never glad with sin; she's always glad to side with truth, and pleased that truth will win.

The abjects

For dogs have surrounded me; a gang of those who practice of evil has encircled me. They gouged my hands and my feet.

The prominent people mock me, composing drinking songs.

"But now they mock me; men who are far younger than I, whose fathers I would have hated to entrust with my own sheep dogs.

Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the imperial headquarters and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him.

Some of them began to spit on him. They blindfolded him and kept hitting him with their fists and telling him, "Prophesy!" Even the servants took him and slapped him around.

But the Jewish leaders became jealous, and they took some contemptible characters who used to hang out in the public square, formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. They attacked Jason's home and searched it for Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the people.

They

Otherwise, they will rip me to shreds like a lion, tearing me apart with no one to rescue me.

I am surrounded by lions. I lie down with those who burn with fire that is, with people whose teeth are like spears and arrows whose tongues are like sharp swords.

His anger tears me in his persistent resentment against me; he gnashes his teeth at me. My adversary glares at me.

General references

Don't rejoice when your enemy falls; don't let yourself be glad when he stumbles.

I have become a laughingstock to all my people, the object of their taunts throughout the day.

In a similar way, the bandits who were being crucified with him kept insulting him.

Jesus burst into tears.