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Psalm 35:22 KJV
Psalms · chapter 35 · verse 22
This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.Psalm 35:22 · King James Version
Psalm 35:22 in context
20For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
22This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
23Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
24Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- silencechârashto scratchH2790 →
- seenrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- LordʼĂdônâythe LordH136 →
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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;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-28