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psalms 35:3

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Psalms 35:3

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

Draw out also the spear, and stop [the way] against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I [am] thy salvation.

Psalms 35:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 35:3

Theological / Devotional

Stop the way. The Hebrew form translated by this phrase is segor. A change in vowel pointing to sagar gives us a noun that has been interpreted to mean the two-edged sword called in Greek sagaris. The reading of the KJV is supported by the LXX. The verse pictures God, in human language, as a warrior fighting at the side of the psalmist.

Soul. Or, “me” (see on Ps. 16:10).

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