translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: PSA

label: NET study note

text: . The author, who faces ruthless enemies who seek his life for no reason, begs the Lord to fight his battles for him and to vindicate him by annihilating his adversaries.


text: See the mention of the Lord ’s angel in Ps 34:7 .


text: Fasting was also a practice of mourners. By refraining from normal activities, such as eating food , the mourner demonstrated the sincerity of his sorrow.


text: I bowed down . Bowing down was a posture for mourning. See Ps 38:6 .


text: The great assembly is also mentioned in Ps 22:25 .


text: Though he is confident that the Lord is aware of his situation (see v. 22 a), the psalmist compares the Lord’s inactivity to sleep and urges him to wake up .