Psalms 35:23
Arouse thyself; awake for my defence! My God and my Lord, awake to my cause!
Noyes 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
22Thou seest it, O LORD! be not silent! O LORD! be not far from me!
24Judge me according to thy righteousness, O Jehovah, my God! Let them not triumph over me!
Cross References
Psalms 7:6Arise, O LORD! in thine anger; Lift thyself up against the rage of mine enemies; Awake for me, ordain judgment!
Psalms 7:9Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked be at an end; But establish the righteous! For the righteous God trieth the heart and the reins.
Psalms 44:24Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, And forget our affliction and oppression?
Psalms 74:22Arise, O God! maintain thy cause! Remember how the impious revileth thee daily!
Psalms 89:26He shall say to me, 'Thou art my father, My God, and the rock of my salvation!'
Psalms 142:5I cry unto thee, O LORD! I say, 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 →