"How Long" Phrase
Text: Psalm 35:17-28
14 October 2019
“HOW LONG?” PHRASE
1. How long? (Psalm 13:1-2)
a) For God to look on
b) But God does not seem to respond
2. Expression of:
a) Anxiety
b) Uncertainty
c) Fear
d) Sorrow
STRONG PLEAS
1. Prayer for rescue
2. Prayer for deliverance from destructions
3. Prayer for sake-keeping of a precious life (Psalm 35:17)
PROMISE MADE
1. I will give thanks in the great assembly (Psalm 35:16a)
2. I will praise You among many people (Psalm 35:16b)
DESCRIPTIVE INSIGHTS ABOUT THE ENEMY
1. Let them not rejoice over me who are wrongfully my enemies (Psalm 35:19a)
a) Let them not rejoice over me
b) Wrongfully my enemies
i) Not a reference to external/ traditional enemies
ii) Could be a reference to enemies who are from Israel
iii) These are indeed wrongful enemies
2. Let not them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause (Psalm 35:19b)
a) Winking with the eye as conspirators
b) They hate without a cause (no good reason to hate)
3. They do not speak peace (Psalm 35:20a)
4. They devise deceitful matters against the quiet ones in the land (Psalm 35:20b)
5. They opened their mouth wide against me (Psalm 35:21a)
6. They speak derisively with an intent of intimidation
“Aha, Aha!
Our eyes have seen it” Psalm 35:21b