Psa 35:13-15 | JFB | STEP | 13. prayer . . . bosom —may denote either the posture—the head bowed—(compare ) —or, that the prayer was in secret. Some think there is a reference to the result—the prayer would benefit him if not them.

Psalms 35:13-15

13. prayer . . . bosom—may denote either the posture—the head bowed—(compare 1Ki 18:42) —or, that the prayer was in secret. Some think there is a reference to the result—the prayer would benefit him if not them.

14. behaved—literally, "went on"—denoting his habit.

heavily—or, "squalidly," his sorrowing occasioning neglect of his person. Altogether, his grief was that of one for a dearly loved relative.

15, 16. On the contrary, they rejoiced in his affliction. Halting, or, "lameness," as in Ps 38:17 for any distress.

abjects—either as cripples (compare 2Sa 4:4), contemptible; or, degraded persons, such as had been beaten (compare Job 30:1-8).

I knew it not—either the persons, or, reasons of such conduct.

tear me, and ceased not—literally, "were not silent"—showing that the tearing meant slandering.