Psalms 35:23
Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
In Context
22O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
24Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
Cross References
Psalms 7:6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
Psalms 7:9Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
Psalms 44:24Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
Psalms 74:22Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
Psalms 89:26He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
Psalms 142:5I cry to You, O LORD: “You are 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 →