Psalms 35:6 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 35:6

May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.

BSB

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ASV

Let their way be dark and slippery, And the angel of Jehovah pursuing them.

KJV

Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Let their way be dark and slippery,.... In which they run before the angel, chasing and pursuing them; so that they know not where they are, at what they stumble, whither to flee, nor how to stand; the ways of wicked men are as darkness, they know not in what condition they are, and whither they are going; and utter darkness, even blackness of darkness, is reserved for them: but here it means a calamitous, uncomfortable, fickle, and unstable situation in this life; see Jer 23:

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 2 (1870)

"Let their way be dark and slippery." What terrors are gathered here! No light, no foothold, and a fierce avenger at their heels! What a doom is appointed for the enemies of God! They may rage and rave today, but how altered will be their plight ere long! "And let the angel of the Lord persecute them." He will follow them hot-foot, as we say, never turning aside, but like a trusty pursuivant serving the writ of vengeance upon them, and arresting them in the name of unflinching justice.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יְֽהִי־	ye.hi-	may it be	H1961 →
דַרְכָּ֗ם	dar.Kam	way their	H1870 →
חֹ֥שֶׁךְ	Cho.shekh	darkness	H2822 →
וַחֲלַקְלַקּ֑וֹת	va.cha.lak.la.Kot	and slippery places	H2519 →
וּמַלְאַ֥ךְ	u.mal.'Akh	and [the] angel of	H4397 →
יְ֝הוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
רֹדְפָֽם׃	ro.de.Fam	pursuing them	H7291 →

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
Psalms 73:18
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
leads to
- Jeremiah 23:12
  “Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
leads to
- Isaiah 8:22
  Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 4:19
  But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 59:9
  Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
- Isaiah 60:2
  For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.
Through
Proverbs 4:19
But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
leads to
- John 12:35
  Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the…
- Isaiah 59:9–10
  Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
- Job 18:5–6
  Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

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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