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

Do not let them say to themselves, "Aha! We have what we wanted!" Do not let them say, "We have devoured him!"

They say, 'An awful disease overwhelms him, and now that he is bed-ridden he will never recover.'

For my enemies talk about me; those waiting for a chance to kill me plot my demise.

If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him --

The one who mocks the poor insults his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and when he stumbles do not let your heart rejoice,

Adversity

For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.

I hear many whispering words of intrigue against me. Those who would cause me terror are everywhere! They are saying, "Come on, let's publicly denounce him!" All my so-called friends are just watching for something that would lead to my downfall. They say, "Perhaps he can be enticed into slipping up, so we can prevail over him and get our revenge on him.

It is not glad about injustice, but rejoices in the truth.

The abjects

Yes, wild dogs surround me -- a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.

Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs.

"But now they mock me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I disdained too much to put with my sheep dogs.

Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the governor's residence and gathered the whole cohort around him.

Then some began to spit on him, and to blindfold him, and to strike him with their fists, saying, "Prophesy!" The guards also took him and beat him.

But the Jews became jealous, and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason's house, trying to find Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly.

They

Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.

I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword.

His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.

General references

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and when he stumbles do not let your heart rejoice,

I have become the laughingstock of all people, their mocking song all day long.

The robbers who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.

Jesus wept.