Psalms 35:15 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 35:15

But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.

BSB

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ASV

But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; They did tear me, and ceased not:

KJV

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:

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Commentary

2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 2 (1870)

"But in mine adversity they rejoiced." In my halting they were delighted. My lameness was sport to them. Danger was near, and they sang songs over my expected defeat. How glad are the wicked to see a good man limp! "Now, " say they, "he will meet with his downfall." "And gathered themselves together, " like kites and vultures around a dying sheep. They found a common joy in my ruin, and a recreation in my sorrow, and therefore met together to keep the feast. They laid their heads together to devise, and their tongues to deceive.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They were very unrighteous; they were his enemies wrongfully, for he never gave them any provocation: They hated him without a cause; nay, for that for which they ought rather to have loved and honoured him. This is quoted, with application to Christ, and is said to be fulfilled in him.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּבְצַלְעִי֮	u.ve.tzal.'I	and at stumbling my	H6761 →
שָׂמְח֪וּ	sa.me.Chu	they rejoiced	H8055 →
וְֽנֶאֱ֫סָ֥פוּ	ve.ne.'E.Sa.fu	and they gathered	H622 →
נֶאֶסְפ֬וּ	ne.'es.Fu	they gathered	H622 →
עָלַ֣י	'a.Lai	on me	H5921 →
נֵ֭כִים	Ne.khim	smitten [people]	H5222 →
וְלֹ֣א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
יָדַ֑עְתִּי	ya.Da'.ti	I knew	H3045 →
קָֽרְע֥וּ	ka.re.'U	they tore	H7167 →
וְלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
דָֽמּוּ׃	Da.mu	they were still	H1826 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 20:10
For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that…
leads to
- Psalms 41:9
  Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
- Psalms 31:13
  For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
- Isaiah 29:21
  those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.
Through
Mark 14:65
Then some of them began to spit on Him. They blindfolded Him, struck Him with their fists, and said to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in His face.
leads to
- Matthew 26:67–68
  Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
- Acts 23:2
  At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
Through
Psalms 7:2
or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
leads to
- Psalms 50:22
  Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
- Isaiah 38:13
  I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.
- 2 Timothy 4:17
  But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of…

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms