Psalms 35:20

“For they speak not peace, etc.] Meaning to himself, or any good man; as Joseph’s brethren could not to him, (<013704>Genesis 37:4); such were the men David had to do with, (<19C006>Psalm 120:6,7); and such were the enemies of Christ, who could not give him a good word, nor speak one to him, (<431020>John 10:20); and such are the enemies of his people, who breathe out nothing but threatenings and slaughter, and not anything that tends to peace, to promote and maintain it. Some versions, as the Septuagint, and they that follow that, render it, “they do speak peace to me”; but then it was in an hypocritical way, as in (<192803>Psalm 28:3); and as the Jews did to Christ, (<402216>Matthew…”

“deceitful matters--or, "words of deceit." quiet in the land--the pious lovers of peace.”

“For they speak not peace - They seek a quarrel. They are unwilling to be on good terms with others, or to live in peace with them. The idea is that they were “disposed” or “inclined” to quarrel. Thus we speak now of persons who are “quarrelsome. They devise deceitful matters - literally, “they think of words of deceit.” That is, they set their hearts on misrepresentation, and they study such misrepresentations as occasions for strife with others. They falsely represent my character; they attribute conduct to me of which I am not guilty; they pervert my words; they state that to be true which never occurred, and thus they attempt to justify their own conduct. Almost all the quarrels in the…”

“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. Psalms 35:21”

“For: Psa 120:5-7 but: Psa 31:13, Psa 36:3, Psa 36:4, Psa 38:12, Psa 52:2, Psa 64:4-6, Psa 140:2-5; Jer 11:19; Dan 6:5; Mat 26:4; Act 23:15, Act 25:3 quiet: Mat 12:19, Mat 12:24; Pe1 2:22, Pe1 2:23 Psalms 35:21”