Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.
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Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.
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Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
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Judge me, O LORD my God, according to Thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
Cross-references (8)
Passages linked to Psalms 35:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 43:1 Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.
- Psalms 26:1 Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering.
- Psalms 7:8 Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.
- Psalms 35:19 Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6 Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,
- Job 20:5 that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?
- Psalms 18:20-24 Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands, he has recompensed me. For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all his ordinances were before me. I didn’t put away his statutes from me. I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity. Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
- 1 Peter 2:22 who didn’t sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.”
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 24. Judge me, O Jehovah my God! David here…
24. Judge me, O Jehovah my God! David here confirms the prayer of the preceding verse that God would be his defender, and would maintain his righteous cause. Having been for a time subjected to suffering as one who had been forsaken and forgotten, he sets before himself the righteousness of God, which forbids that he should altogether abandon the upright and the just. It is, therefore, not simply a prayer, but a solemn appeal to God, that as he is righteous, he would manifest his righteousness in defending his servant in a good cause. And certainly, when we seem to be forsaken and deprived of all help, there is no remedy which we can employ, more effectual to overcome temptation than this consideration, that the righteousness of God, on which our deliverance depends, can never fail. Accordingly, the Apostle Paul, in exhorting the faithful to patience, says in 2 Thessalonians 1:6,
“It is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you.”
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Now David again appeals to God in this place, and entreats him to manifest his righteousness in restraining the insolence of his enemies: for the more proudly they assail us, God is so much the more ready to help us. Besides, by again introducing them as speaking, he portrays in a graphic style the cruelty of their desires; and by this he means to show, that if things should happen according to their wishes, they would set no limit to their frowardness. But as the more they vaunt themselves, the more they provoke the wrath of God against them, David with good reason uses this as an argument to encourage his hope, and employs it for his support and confirmation in prayer.
John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.
Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain It is the justice of God to give to…
It is the justice of God to give to the oppressors affliction and torment, and to the oppressed aid and relief, 2 Thess. 1:6.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 35:24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according…
Psa 35:24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
Ver. 24. According to thy righteousness] i.e. For the honour of thy justice, wherein else thou art likely to suffer.
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And let them not rejoice over me] For I quarter arms, as I may so say, with thee, Lord; and my disgrace will reflect upon thee.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Thy righteousness; whereby thou usest and lovest to defend…
Thy righteousness; whereby thou usest and lovest to defend the innocent, and to punish their oppressors.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy…
Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousness,.... Either that righteousness of his, by which he justifies his people, which Christ has wrought out, God has accepted of, and imputes; and which, though revealed in the Gospel, was witnessed to by the law and prophets, and was known to the saints under the Old Testament, and particularly to David; see Rom 4:6; or the perfection of his justice, his essential righteousness displayed in all his works and actions, and in the government of the world; according to this the psalmist desired to be judged; not with respect to his person before God, but with respect to his cause before men, by delivering him from his enemies, and taking vengeance on them: thus Christ also was judged according to the strict justice or righteousness of God; for as sin was righteously condemned in his flesh, being imputed to him, and found upon him; so he was, according to the justice of God, acquitted, discharged, and justified in the Spirit, when he arose from the dead; and afterwards righteous judgment was executed on his enemies the Jews, when wrath came upon them to the uttermost: and his people are also dealt with according to the righteousness of God; who acts as a righteous God, as just and faithful in forgiving their sins, on account of the blood of Christ being shed for it; and in justifying their persons by his righteousness, and by giving them the crown of righteousness laid up for them; and at last by rendering tribulation to them that have troubled them;
and let them not rejoice over me; meaning his enemies, as in Psa 35:15; that is, let them not go on to rejoice; let them have no occasion for it, but deliver me out of their hands.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 24. Judge me, O Lord my God] The…
Verse 24. Judge me, O Lord my God] The manner of his appeal shows the strong confidence he had in his own innocence.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Judge me, O Lord my God - Pronounce judgment,…
Judge me, O Lord my God - Pronounce judgment, or judge between me and my enemies. Compare the notes at Psa 26:1.
According to thy righteousness - That is, “rightly.” Let there be a righteous judgment. The character of God, or the righteousness of God, is the highest standard of equity and justice, and the psalmist asks that he would manifest his real character as judge in interposing in behalf of an injured and oppressed man, and doing justice to him. When we are right in our own cause we may ask a just God to interpose and determine between us and our enemies according to his own nature. As between ourselves and our fellow-men we may bring our cause with this plea before a righteous God; as between ourselves and God, we can make no appeal to his “justice,” but our only hope is in his “mercy.”
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And let them not rejoice over me - Let them not carry out their purposes; let them not be successful, so that they can appeal to the result as if they were right, and thus obtain a triumph over me. Compare Psa 35:19.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 24. According to thy righteousness—An appeal to God’s knowledge…
24. According to thy righteousness—An appeal to God’s knowledge of the right as to the points at issue with his enemies. Justice, not private victory, is his plea with God.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 24. Judge me] Do me justice. Cp. Psa_7:8; and…
24. Judge me] Do me justice. Cp. Psa_7:8; and for the plea, according to thy righteousness, see Psa_7:17; Psa_31:1.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy…
Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousness, Let thy law of righteousness be the rule by which I am judged, and my enemies also. Then the victory will remain with me; thou wilt not let them rejoice over me.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Verse 24. The appeal is here repeated; the plaintiff…
Verse 24. The appeal is here repeated; the plaintiff feels that the joy of his accusers will be shortlived as soon as impartial justice rules. The oppressors' wrong, the proud man's contumely, the fool's grimace all, all will cease when the righteous Lord sits down upon the judgment seat.
[Verse] 24. ["O Lord my God."] O Jehovah my God; here is another precious word. He takes Jehovah to be his God, in opposition to those who make idols, or riches, or their own lusts their God. He claims a full possession of all that is in the great I AM. Even though he views him as a judge he lays the hand of faith upon his God, and flinches not even before the blaze of his righteousness. It is a noble word, a grand utterance of faith; he who can pronounce that word "my" from his inmost soul in such a connection may well laugh to scorn all his enemies. [C. H. S.]
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 do not let them rejoice over me
do not let them rejoice over me
"do not let them be glad because I am suffering"
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say in their heart
This is an idiom that means to say to oneself. AT: "say to themselves" (See: Idiom)
Aha
This is an exclamation that is used when something is suddenly seen or understood. It emphasizes what follows. AT: "Yes" (See: Exclamations)
we have what we wanted
It is implied that the writer's enemies wanted him to be declared guilty. AT: "he has been declared guilty just as we desired" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
We have devoured him
The writer's enemies speak of his destruction as if they were wild animals who had eaten him. AT: "We have swallowed him up" or "We have destroyed him" (See: Metaphor)
May they be put to shame and may they be confounded who rejoice at my distress
"May those who rejoice at my distress be put to shame and confounded"
May they be put to shame
"May they feel shame"
may they be confounded
"may they be confused" or "may they be humiliated"
May those who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and dishonor
This can be stated in active form. AT: "May you clothe with shame and dishonor those who exalt themselves over me" (See: Active or Passive)
exalt themselves over me
"consider themselves better than I am" or "think they have the right to treat me badly"
clothed with shame and dishonor
Here shame and dishonor are spoken of as if they were shameful clothes that the writer could wear. These abstract nouns can be stated as verbs. AT: "shamed and dishonored" (See: Abstract Nouns and Metaphor)
shame and dishonor
These terms mean about the same thing and are used to emphasize how degraded they will be. (See: Doublet)
translationWords
God
righteous
joy
heart
devour
shame
dishonor
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