Psalms 35:1
By David. Strive, Jehovah, with my strivers, fight with my fighters,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
In Context
2Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise for my help,
Cross References
Exodus 14:25and turneth aside the wheels of their chariots, and they lead them with difficulty, and the Egyptians say, 'Let us flee from the face of Israel, for Jehovah is fighting for them against the Egyptians.'
Joshua 10:42and all these kings and their land hath Joshua captured [at] one time, for Jehovah, God of Israel, is fighting for Israel.
Nehemiah 4:20in the place that ye hear the voice of the trumpet thither ye are gathered unto us; our God doth fight for us.'
Psalms 119:154Plead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me.
Proverbs 23:11For their Redeemer [is] strong, He doth plead their cause with thee.
Jeremiah 51:36Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am pleading thy cause, And I have avenged thy vengeance, And dried up its sea, and made its fountains dry.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 35:1
David, in this psalm, appeals to the righteous Judge of heaven and earth against his enemies that hated and persecuted him. It is supposed that Saul and his party are the persons he means, for with them he had the greatest struggles. I. He complains to God of the injuries they did him; they strove with him, fought against him ( ver. 1 ), persecuted him ( ver. 3 ), sought his ruin ( ver. 4 , 7 ), accused him falsely ( ver. 11 ), abused him basely ( ver. 15, 16 ), and all his friends ( ver. 20 ), and triumphed over… Read the whole commentary →