Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!
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Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!
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Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
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Rouse Thee, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Cross-references (8)
Passages linked to Psalms 35:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 7:6 Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
- Psalms 44:23 Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.
- Psalms 59:4 I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Rise up, behold, and help me!
- Psalms 89:26 He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’
- Psalms 80:2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might! Come to save us!
- Psalms 142:5 I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
- Isaiah 51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh! Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn’t it you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?
- John 20:28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 35:23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my…
Psa 35:23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, [even] unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Ver. 23. Stir up thyself and awake] This is the same in effect with the beginning of the psalm; to show his ardour and intention of affection.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain At last undertake to plead my cause against mine…
At last undertake to plead my cause against mine adversaries.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Stir up thyself and awake,.... Who seemed to be…
Stir up thyself and awake,.... Who seemed to be asleep in the apprehensions of the psalmist, and to take no notice of his distresses, and the insults of his enemies; see Psa 44:23; he adds,
to my judgment, even to my cause; that is, to plead it and maintain it, and avenge him of his enemies, as in Psa 35:1; making use of his covenant interest in him as a plea for it to engage him to do it, saying,
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my God, and my Lord; see Psa 22:1.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Awake - To plead my cause against mine adversaries.
Awake - To plead my cause against mine adversaries.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 23. Stir up thyself, and awake to my…
Verse 23. Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment] I have delivered my cause into thy hand, and appeal to thee as my Judge; and by thy decision I am most willing to abide.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Stir up thyself - Arouse thyself as if from…
Stir up thyself - Arouse thyself as if from sleep. See Psa 44:23.
And awake to my judgment - To execute judgment for me, or to render me justice. A similar petition (almost in the same words) occurs in Psa 7:6. See the notes at that passage.
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Even unto my cause - In my behalf; or, in the cause which so nearly pertains to me.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain (Compare Psa 7:6; Psa 26:1; Th2 1:6). God's righteous…
(Compare Psa 7:6; Psa 26:1; Th2 1:6). God's righteous government is the hope of the pious and terror of the wicked.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 23. Arouse and awake for my judgement,
23. Arouse and awake for my judgement,
O my God and my Lord, for my cause.
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Interpose to do me justice, and defend my cause. Cp. Psa_35:1, and see note on Psa_7:6.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (23) Stir up thyself.—Comp. Psa_7:6.
(23) Stir up thyself.—Comp. Psa_7:6.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment. (comp.…
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment. (comp. Psa_80:2 Psa_44:23 Psa_78:65) The psalmists call on God to awake, not as though he were really asleep, but as a sort of stirring appeal to him to arise and manifest himself. Even unto my cause, my God and my Lord. "Awake," i.e. , "to judge my cause to acquit me, and condemn my enemies". (comp. Psa_9:4 Psa_35:1 Psa_43:1, etc.)
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Verse 23. ["Stir up thyself."] Be upon thy mettle.…
Verse 23. ["Stir up thyself."] Be upon thy mettle. Prove that thou art no indifferent witness to all this infamy. ["Awake to my judgement."] Take the sceptre and summon the great assize; vindicate justice, avenge oppression. Do not tarry as men do who sleep. ["Even unto my cause, my God and my Lord."] He claims a nearness to his God, he holds him with both hands; he leaves his case with the righteous Judge. He begs that the suit may be brought on, heard, tried, and verdict given. Well is it for a man when his conscience is so clear that he dares to make such an appeal.
[Verse] 23. ["My God and my Lord."] The cry of Thomas when he saw the wounds of Jesus. If he did not count our Lord to be divine, neither does David here ascribe Deity to Jehovah, for there is no difference except in the order of the words and the tongue in which they were spoken, the meaning is identical. What words they are, with their two eyes seeing Jehovah in two aspects yet as one, grasping him with two hands in the double "my" to one heart for the word is but one, bowing before him on both knees to worship him in lowliest reverence. Well might Nouet, in his exposition of the words as used by Thomas, exclaim, "Oh, sweet word, I will say it all my life long; I will say it in the hour of death; I will say it in eternity." [C. H. S.]
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