Shalom,

We are going to look a little more in depth at two verses from our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan for today. Psalm 35:26-27:

26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me. 27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. KJV

This entire Psalm has David crying out for vindication and for deliverance from his enemies. These two verses contrast the harvest of seeds sown! They are doing some of the same actions, but for different reasons and out of different motives. "Rejoice" in verse 26 and "be glad" in verse 27 are very similar words. "Sameach" {be joyful, showing joy} in verse 26 and "samach" {to be glad, to exult, to rejoice} in verse 27. "Magnify" is the very same Hebrew word in both verses. It is "gadal", which means: to become great or important, to promote, to praise, to make powerful. David is asking that those who are taking pleasure in his pain and suffering be made to pay for their wrong doing with shame and dishonor. Remember that they were living under the commands and promises of the Old Covenant here. By sowing bad seeds, with bad motives, these people were sure to reap those things that David was asking for! 

Verse 27 lists the rewards that David wanted to see for those who desired good things for him. "Shout for joy" is the Hebrew word "ranan", which means: to emit a stridulous sound, to cry out, to sing in exultation. These people would be godly ones who would continually be praising the Lord and would understand that the One, True God takes great pleasure in the "prosperity" of His people. "Prosperity" here is the Hebrew word "shalom", which means: safety, happiness, well being, health, peace, soundness, completeness, contentment. I think you can see very easily what the proper attitude is in these two verses! Let's make it a determined purpose to rejoice with those who rejoice and to pray for, comfort, encourage and exhort those who fail or get tripped up by the enemy. Remember the Law of SEED - TIME - HARVEST. The seeds we sow today may not come up today or tomorrow, but realize that they WILL produce after their own kind! I choose to be looking forward to a continual harvest of good and godly things in my life. How about you? Here is Hillsong Young and Free with "Love Goes On":

Shalom in Him!