Psa 35:6 | KingComments | STEP | After what David has said in , God can begin His judgmental work in his favor. He asks God to let those who seek his life be ashamed and dishonored ( ). In the Middle East, it counts heavily when a good name is dishonored. All those people who devise evil against him, God must make them draw back and turn red with shame. David expresses himself ever more strongly in asking God to deal with his enemies. God must drive them away ( ) through “the angel of the LORD”, which is the Lord Jesus before He became Man (cf. ). If He strikes at them, they will drift away like chaff before the wind, becoming untraceable (cf. ; ). He also asks that their way be “dark and slippery with the angel of the LORD pursuing them” ( ). The way of his persecutors must be dark, so that they do not recognize the way. It must also be slippery so that they immediately slip as soon as they take a step. It is what happened to the Egyptians in the Red Sea ( ). David knows that his enemies will not even be able to flee from their Persecutor when He has turned the tables. David’s demand for judgment to come on his enemies is righteous. His enemies want to catch him like a wild animal in a net and in a pit they have hidden from him ( ). But it is “without cause” (cf. ). This is how the enemies of the Lord Jesus have been toward Him. ‘Without cause’ they persecuted Him, driven by a deep hatred to kill Him. The remnant will also be oppressed “without cause”. David asks God to cause destruction to come upon the enemy (singular) without his noticing ( ). This enemy in the end time is the antichrist, the future false king ( ), who will persecute the believing remnant to death. He will be caught in his own cunning and put to death. What he has done to others will be done to him ( ). If God grants his request, his soul will rejoice in Him ( ). He will exult in the salvation God has given. All his bones, from which all strength has vanished, will be revived ( ). In newly gained strength he will cry out: “LORD, who is like You!” These words Israel spoke of God after the great deliverance from Egypt ( ). We also hear them in the words of Isaiah when he speaks of the God of creation ( ) and in the words of Micah when he speaks of God as the Redeemer ( ). David speaks of God in this way because God delivered him, “the afflicted”, “from him who is too strong for him”. David was the subjugated party, but the incomparable LORD came to his aid and delivered him. When the LORD intercedes for him, He will save him, “the afflicted and the needy”, from the power of “him “who robs him”, from the man who takes his possessions from him by force.

‏ Psalms 35:6

Demand for Retribution

After what David has said in Psa 35:1-3, God can begin His judgmental work in his favor. He asks God to let those who seek his life be ashamed and dishonored (Psa 35:4). In the Middle East, it counts heavily when a good name is dishonored. All those people who devise evil against him, God must make them draw back and turn red with shame. David expresses himself ever more strongly in asking God to deal with his enemies.

God must drive them away (Psa 35:5) through “the angel of the LORD”, which is the Lord Jesus before He became Man (cf. Psa 34:7). If He strikes at them, they will drift away like chaff before the wind, becoming untraceable (cf. 2Kgs 19:35; Isa 37:36). He also asks that their way be “dark and slippery with the angel of the LORD pursuing them” (Psa 35:6). The way of his persecutors must be dark, so that they do not recognize the way. It must also be slippery so that they immediately slip as soon as they take a step. It is what happened to the Egyptians in the Red Sea (Exo 14:23-31). David knows that his enemies will not even be able to flee from their Persecutor when He has turned the tables.

David’s demand for judgment to come on his enemies is righteous. His enemies want to catch him like a wild animal in a net and in a pit they have hidden from him (Psa 35:7). But it is “without cause” (cf. Psa 35:19). This is how the enemies of the Lord Jesus have been toward Him. ‘Without cause’ they persecuted Him, driven by a deep hatred to kill Him. The remnant will also be oppressed “without cause”.

David asks God to cause destruction to come upon the enemy (singular) without his noticing (Psa 35:8). This enemy in the end time is the antichrist, the future false king (Jn 5:43), who will persecute the believing remnant to death. He will be caught in his own cunning and put to death. What he has done to others will be done to him (Rev 13:10).

If God grants his request, his soul will rejoice in Him (Psa 35:9). He will exult in the salvation God has given. All his bones, from which all strength has vanished, will be revived (Psa 35:10). In newly gained strength he will cry out: “LORD, who is like You!” These words Israel spoke of God after the great deliverance from Egypt (Exo 15:11). We also hear them in the words of Isaiah when he speaks of the God of creation (Isa 40:25-26) and in the words of Micah when he speaks of God as the Redeemer (Mic 7:18).

David speaks of God in this way because God delivered him, “the afflicted”, “from him who is too strong for him”. David was the subjugated party, but the incomparable LORD came to his aid and delivered him. When the LORD intercedes for him, He will save him, “the afflicted and the needy”, from the power of “him “who robs him”, from the man who takes his possessions from him by force.