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Psalm Ps. 35. This psalm shows how the faithful should pray when they know that hateful people are seeking to harm them. It explains the persecutors’ evil schemes and asks God to fight on behalf of his faithful ones.
Ps. 35:4–8 The faithful pray that the schemes of the pursuers would fail, and that the pursuers themselves would suffer disappointment, humiliation, and destruction. It is proper for God’s people to pray this prayer since the pursuers devise evil (v. 4) without cause (vv. 7, 19). The prayer is not a vindictive response to personal injury but an appeal based on faith.
Ps. 35:9–10 The song looks forward to joy and gratitude when its request is answered.
Ps. 35:19–21 The pursuers scheme (wink the eye), particularly against the hardworking faithful (those who are quiet in the land). In John 15:25 Jesus uses Ps. 35:19 (hate me without cause; see also 69:4) to portray himself as the quintessential innocent sufferer and to imply that his followers may expect the same treatment.
Ps. 35:22–26 Asking God to be not silent (as if he were indifferent toward evil) but awake and rouse yourself (as if he were asleep) shows how urgent the singer feels the situation to be. God’s righteousness, as often in the OT, is his faithfulness in keeping his promises (also v. 28).
Ps. 35:27–28 The song’s high point is the prospect of telling all the faithful (those who delight in my righteousness) of God’s faithfulness (v. 28; see vv. 9–10, 18).
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