Psalms 35:23
Stir up thyself, and awake for my right, for my cause, my God and Lord!
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
In Context
22Thou hast seen [it], Jehovah: keep not silence; O Lord, be not far from me.
24Judge me, Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me.
Cross References
Psalms 7:6Arise, Jehovah, in thine anger; lift thyself up against the raging of mine oppressors, and awake for me: thou hast commanded judgment.
Psalms 7:9Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous [man]; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God.
Psalms 44:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Psalms 74:22Rise up, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day;
Psalms 89:26*He* shall call unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation;
Psalms 142:5I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 35:18-28
Sorrowful Complaints; David's Appeal and Prayer to God. 17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. 18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. 19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. 20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. 21 Yea, they opened their mouth… Read the whole commentary →