Psalms 35 · Verse 10

Psalms 35:10

All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

Psalms 35:10, King James Version

Psalms 35:10 in other translations

BSB	All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
WEB	All my bones shall say, “LORD, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”
ASV	All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, Who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, Yea, the poor and the needy from him that robbeth him?
YLT	All my bones say, ‘Jehovah, who is like Thee, Delivering the poor from the stronger than he, And the poor and needy from his plunderer.'
DARBY	All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, who deliverest the afflicted from one stronger than he, yea, the afflicted and the needy from him that spoileth him!
BBE	All my bones will say, Lord, who is like you? The saviour of the poor man from the hands of the strong, of him who is poor and in need from him who takes his goods.
Webster	All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like thee, who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, even the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

What does Psalms 35:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

10. All my bones--every part. him that spoileth him--(Compare Psa 10:2).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 10 All my bones shall say - My life being preserved, all the members of my body shall magnify thy saving mercy. Deliverest the poor - This is a general maxim: God is peculiarly mindful of the poor. Where secular advantages are withheld, there is the more need for spiritual help. God considers this, and his kind providence works accordingly.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 35:1-10

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 Almighty to appear in their behalf, and to vindicate their cause. We are apt to justify…

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Psalms 35:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כָּ֥לkalallH3605

עַצְמוֹתַ֨י\׀atz.mo.Taibones myH6106

תֹּאמַרְנָה֮to.mar.Nahthey will sayH559

יְהוָ֗הYah.wehO YahwehH3068

מִ֥יmiwho?H4310

כָ֫מ֥וֹךָkha.Mo.kha[is] like youH3644

מַצִּ֣ילma.Tzil[one who] deliversH5337

עָ֭נִי'A.nia poor [person]H6041

מֵחָזָ֣קme.cha.Zakfrom a person [too] strongH2389

מִמֶּ֑נּוּmi.Me.nufor himH4480

וְעָנִ֥יve.'a.Niand [the] poorH6041

וְ֝אֶבְי֗וֹןve.'ev.Yonand [the] needyH34

מִגֹּזְלֽוֹ\׃mi.go.ze.Lofrom [one who] robs himH1497

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 35:10

Psalms 140:12
I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
Psalms 109:31
For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
Exodus 15:11
Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Psalms 86:8
Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
Psalms 71:19
Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
Psalms 51:8
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Psalms 18:17
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
Psalms 34:20
He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
Psalms 32:3
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
Psalms 22:14
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Psalms 10:14
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 38:3
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

All.
22:14; 32:3; 34:20; 38:3; 51:8; 102:3; Job 33:19-25
who.
71:19; 86:8; 89:6-8; Ex 15:11; Isa 40:18,25; Jer 10:7
which.
10:14; 22:24; 34:6; 69:33; 102:17-20; 109:31; 140:12; Job 5:15,16
Pr 22:22,23
too.
18:17

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Context

Psalms 35:9
And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
Psalms 35:10
All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
Psalms 35:11
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

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Psalms 35:10 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Todos mis huesos dirán: Jehová, ¿quién como tú, que libras al afligido del más fuerte que él, y al pobre y menesteroso del que le despoja?
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Tous mes os diront: Éternel! qui est comme toi, qui délivres l’affligé de celui qui est plus fort que lui, et l’affligé et le pauvre de celui qui les pille?
German Elberfelder 1871	Alle meine Gebeine werden sagen: Jehova, wer ist wie du! der du den Elenden errettest von dem, der stärker ist als er, und den Elenden und Armen von dem, der ihn beraubt.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	quoniam apud te est fons vitæ, et in lumine tuo videbimus lumen.