1 Of David. Strive, O Jehovah, with mine adversaries; fight with those that fight against me.
2 Take hold of shield and buckler and arise for my help,
3 And draw out the spear, and shut [the way] against my pursuers; say unto my soul, I [am] thy salvation.
4 They shall be ashamed and put to shame who seek after my soul; they shall be driven backward and confounded who devise my hurt.
5 They shall be as chaff before the wind, and the angel of Jehovah overthrowing [them].
6 Their way shall be darkness and slippery places; and the angel of Jehovah pursuing them.
7 For without cause they have hidden a pit for me, their net; without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
8 Destruction shall come upon him; he shall not know; and his net which he hid shall catch him; into destruction shall he fall in it.
9 And my soul shall rejoice in Jehovah, and shall be joyful in his salvation.
10 All my bones shall say, O Jehovah, who [is] like unto thee? delivering the poor from him that is stronger than he, and the poor and needy from him that spoileth him.
11 False witnesses rise up; they ask me that which I have not known.
12 They requite me evil instead of good [to the] bereaving of my soul.
13 But as for me, when they were sick, my garment [was] sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returneth into my bosom.
14 As if [he were] a neighbor, as if a brother to me, I have acted; like the mourning of a mother, mourning, I bowed down.
15 But in my halting they rejoiced and were gathered together; the slanderers were gathered together against me, and I knew it not; they reviled and were not silent,
16 With profane mockers [in] a feast, gnashing upon me [with] their teeth.
17 O Lord, how long wilt thou behold? restore my soul from their destructions, mine only one from the young lions.
18 I will praise thee in the great congregation; among a strong people I will sing praise unto thee.
19 Let not mine enemies rejoice over me falsely; my haters without cause wink the eye.
20 For they speak not peace, but they devise deceitful words against the quiet ones of the earth.
21 And they open wide their mouth upon me; they have said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.
22 Thou hast seen, O Jehovah; keep not silent, O Lord, be not far from me.
23 Awake up and arise for my judgment, my God and my Lord, for my cause.
24 Judge me according to thy righteousness, O Jehovah my God, and let them not rejoice over me.
25 Let them not say in their heart, Aha, our soul! Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
26 They shall be ashamed and confounded together who rejoice at my hurt; they shall be clothed with shame and reproach who magnify themselves against me.
27 They shall shout for joy and rejoice who delight in my righteousness, and they shall say continually, Let Jehovah be magnified, who delighteth in the peace of his servant.
28 And my tongue shall celebrate thy righteousness, thy praise, all the day.
Notes on Psalm 35
As usual, it is the Spirit of Christ guiding the remnant in feeling and estimating all relatively to their state and position. It is not at all Christ personally and simply suffering all to God’s glory, nor the members of His body as now in the power of the Spirit having the moral mind which was in Him. Here He pleads for judgment on the wicked which will surely come to deliver godly Jews. We have His portion as caught up to heaven entirely apart from it, and previously suffering with Him and it may be for Him.