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Psalms 35:14

Psalms 35:14
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother,.... Meaning either Saul or Doeg the Edomite, or some such evil man; somewhat like this he says of Ahithophel, Psa 41:9; and Arama thinks he…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

I behaved myself - Margin, as in Hebrew: “I walked.” The word “walk,” in the Scriptures, is often used to denote a course of conduct; the way in which a man lives and acts: Phi 3:18; Gal 2:14; 1Th…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 35:11-16

Two very wicked things David here lays to the charge of his enemies, to make good his appeal to God against them - perjury and ingratitude.

I. Perjury, Psa 35:11. When Saul would have David attainted…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Better with R.V.

I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother:

I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

Had they been his nearest and dearest, he could not have…

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