Psalms 35:1

Verse 1. Himself. Psalm is understood. It is expressed in Saint Ambrose and S. Jerom, ( Calmet.) and is the Alex. Septuagint Bible.—Eusebius improperly assigns the cause of the omission to the piece being of a moral nature. Many suppose it refers to Saul, who had promised that he would give ear no more to the detractors of David, when the latter restored to him his spear and cup. 1 Kennicott. 26. Theod. and so forth—But it seems rather to express the sentiments of the captives at Babylon, like the Psalms 10. 11. 13 and 52. Calmet.—David gloried in the title of servant of the Lord, though he bore the sceptre. Psalms 17. Bert. Psalms 115:16. Menochius.—He applies this instruction to himself, and to all in the lowest stations. Worthington.