| Geneva Study Bible For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. Wesley's Notes 35:20 For - They breathe out nothing but threatenings and war; they use not open violence but subtile artifices, against me and my followers, who desire nothing more than to live quietly and peaceably. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 20. deceitful matters-or, "words of deceit." quiet in the land-the pious lovers of peace. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 35:17-28 Though the people of God are, and study to be, quiet, yet it has been common for their enemies to devise deceitful matters against them. David prays, My soul is in danger, Lord, rescue it; it belongs to thee the Father of spirits, therefore claim thine own; it is thine, save it! Lord, be not far from me, as if I were a stranger. He who exalted the once suffering Redeemer, will appear for all his people: the roaring lion shall not destroy their souls, any more than he could that of Christ, their Surety. They trust their souls in his hands, they are one with him by faith, are precious in his sight, and shall be rescued from destruction, that they may give thanks in heaven. | 
