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Psalms 35:1
1Lord, please attack those people who are attacking me. Fight against those people who are fighting against me.
Psalms 35:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
- New International Version (NIV)Contend, Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Plead my cause, O Lord, with those who strive with me; Fight against those who fight against me.
Context of Psalms 35:1
Lord, please attack those people who are attacking me. Fight against those people who are fighting against me. 2Yes, pick up your shield and put on your armour! Prepare to fight and give me help! 3Take your spears and throw them, to stop the people who are chasing me. Say to me, ‘I will make you safe.’
Read all of Psalms 35Psalms 35:1 word by word
רִיבָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה אֶת־יְרִיבַ֑י לְ֝חַ֗ם אֶת־לֹֽחֲמָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 35:1
- Psalms 43:1My God, show that I am not guilty. Make the people who do not respect you know that I am right. Rescue me from the evil people who tell lies about me.
- Psalms 119:154Stand with me and make me free. Keep me safe, as you have promised to do.
- 1 Samuel 24:15The Lord will be the judge to decide who is right. I pray that he will see that I am not guilty. I pray that he will save me from your power.’
- Proverbs 22:23The Lord will speak on their behalf. He will punish anyone who cheats them.
- Proverbs 23:11God himself will be the relative who helps them. He will speak against you in court.
- Jeremiah 51:36So the Lord says, ‘I will help you to win. I will punish the people of Babylonia for what they have done to you. I will cause all their rivers and their springs to become dry.
- Lamentations 3:58Lord, you have given me help. You have paid the price to keep me alive.
- Micah 7:9I have not obeyed the Lord, so he is angry with me. He will continue to punish me, until the time when he speaks for me. Then he will make things right for me. He will bring me out into the light. He always does what is really right. And I will see that then.
- Exodus 14:25He stopped the wheels of their chariots, so that the Egyptians could not drive them properly. So the Egyptians said, ‘Let us run away from the Israelite army! It is the Lord who fights for them against Egypt.’
- Joshua 10:42Joshua won all these battles in one long fight. He won against all these kings and their lands. He won because the Lord, Israel's God, was fighting on Israel's behalf.
- Nehemiah 4:20When you hear the sound of the trumpet, come to join us here. Our God will fight on our behalf.’
- Acts 5:39But perhaps what they are doing really does come from God himself. If that is true, then you cannot stop them. You might even find that you are fighting against God!’
- Acts 23:9The Sadducees and the Pharisees began to shout louder and louder against each other. There were some teachers of God's Law who were in the group of Pharisees. They stood up in the meeting and they said, ‘We do not believe that this man has done anything wrong. What he says may be true. A spirit or an angel may have spoken to him.’
Commentaries on Psalms 35:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Plead my cause, O Lord - Literally, Contend, Lord, with then that contend with me. The word is often used in a forensic or law sense.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Plead my cause, O Lord - The word “plead” means, properly, to argue in support of a claim, or against the claim of another; to urge reasons for or against; to attempt to persuade one by argument or supplication; as, to plead for the life of a criminal, that is, to urge reasons why he should be acquitted or pardoned; and then, to supplicate with earnestness in any way. The original word used here - רוב rûb - means to contend, strive, quarrel; and then, to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1David prays for safety. (1-10) He complains of his enemies. (11-16) And calls upon God to support him. (17-28) Verses 1-10 It is no new thing for the most righteous men, and the most righteous cause, to meet with enemies. This is a fruit of the old enmity in the seed of the serpent against the Seed of the woman. David in his afflictions, Christ in his sufferings, the church under persecution, and the Christian in the hour temptation, all beseech the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-28In this lament, the Lord's troubled servant asks God to notice his situation and defend him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-281-3. God is invoked in the character of a warrior (Ex 15:3; De 32:41).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 35
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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