Psalms Chapter 35 verse 20 Holy Bible
For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.
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For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land.
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For they speak not peace; and they devise deceitful words against the quiet in the land.
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For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
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For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
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For they don't speak peace, But they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
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For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - For they speak not peace. Once more the language of complaint. David's enemies, though they have driven him from the court, and made him a fugitive and a wanderer, were not yet satisfied. They did not speak him peace. They continued to scheme against him. But they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. David, if let alone, was willing enough to have remained "quiet in the land." He was a fugitive and an outlaw; but, could he have obtained a safe refuge - the cave of Adullam, or any other - would gladly have remained peacefully within it. But his enemies would not allow him to remain quiet. They stirred up the jealousy and hatred of Saul by false tales, and caused him to be "hunted upon the mountains" (1 Samuel 26:20).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) Quiet in the land.--For the construction, comp. Isaiah 23:8 : "The honourable of the earth." They are evidently the pious Jews who wished to preserve their national life and religion against foreign influence and intervention, and certainly among them were Levites.
