Psalms 35:23
21 They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
22 O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
24 Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
25 Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
- KJV
- Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
- WEB
- Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!
- ASV
- Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice [due] unto me, [Even] unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
- DARBY
- Stir up thyself, and awake for my right, for my cause, my God and Lord!
- BLB
- Rouse Yourself, and awaken to my judgment, my God and my Lord, to my cause!
- ÅB
- Våkn opp og reis deg for å gi meg rett,
min Gud og Herre, for å føre saken min! - OTB
- Reis Deg, og våkn opp til min rett
Og til min sak, min Gud og min Herre. - B1930
- Våkn op og bli våken for å gi mig rett, min Gud og Herre, for å føre min sak!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 7:6
Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
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Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
Read in contextPsalms 89:26
He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
Read in contextPsalms 59:4
For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.
Read in contextJohn 20:28
Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!”
Read in contextPsalms 80:2
before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.
Read in contextPsalms 142:5
I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
Read in contextIsaiah 51:9
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
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