Key Verse Spotlight
Psalms 35:20 β Meaning and Application
King James Version
βFor they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against {them that are} quiet in the land.β
Psalms 35:20
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. {much: Heb. strong}
Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: {neither} let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. {wrongfully: Heb. falsely}
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against {them that are} quiet in the land.
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, {and} said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen {it}.
{This} thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
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