Psalms 35:24

Vindicate me, Lord my God, according to your righteousness.Do not let them gloat over me.

New Heart English Bible

In The King James Version

Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

In Context

23Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God!My Lord, contend for me!

25Do not let them say in their heart, "Aha! That's the way we want it!"Do not let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"

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Cross References

Job 20:5that the triumphing of the wicked is short,the joy of the godless but for a moment?

Psalms 18:20The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness.According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.

Psalms 30:2Lord my God, I cried to you,and you have healed me.

Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation.Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.

1 Peter 2:22who did not sin, "neither was deceit found in his mouth."

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 →

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