Psalms 35:23
Bestir thyself and wake up, to my vindication, O my God and My Lord!—to my plea:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, O Yahweh, do not keep silence! O My Lord! be not far from me:
24Vindicate me according to thy righteousness, O Yahweh, my God! And let them not rejoice over me:
Cross References
Psalms 7:6Rise! Yahweh! in thine anger, Lift thyself up, because of the haughty outbursts of mine adversaries, Stir up for me the justice thou hast commanded:
Psalms 7:9Let the wrong of the lawless, I pray thee, come to an end, and establish thou him that is righteous,—for, a trier of hearts and reins, is God the righteous one.
Psalms 44:24Wherefore shouldst thou hide, thy face? Shouldst forget our humiliation and our oppression?
Psalms 74:22Arise! O God, plead thine own cause, Remember the reproach of thee, from the impious one, all the day:
Psalms 89:26He, shall cry out unto me, My Father, thou art, My GOD, and my Rock of Salvation!
Psalms 142:5I have made outcry unto thee, O Yahweh,—I have 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 →