Psalms 35 · Verse 23

Psalms 35:23

Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

Psalms 35:23, King James Version

Psalms 35:23 in other translations

BSB	Awake and rise to my defense, to 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.
YLT	Stir up, and wake to my judgment, My God, and my Lord, to my plea.
DARBY	Stir up thyself, and awake for my right, for my cause, my God and Lord!
BBE	Be awake, O Lord, be moved to take up my cause, my God and my Lord.
Webster	Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even to my cause, my God and my Lord.

What does Psalms 35:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 35:23-24

23-24. (Compare Psa 7:6; 26:1; 2Th 1:6). God's righteous government is the hope of the pious and terror of the wicked.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary

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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 35:17-28

Though the people of God are, and study to be, quiet, yet it has been common for their enemies to devise deceitful matters against them. David prays, My soul is in danger, Lord, rescue it; it belongs to thee the Father of spirits, therefore claim thine own; it is thine, save it! Lord, be not far from me, as if I were a stranger. He who exalted the once suffering Redeemer, will appear for all his people: the roaring…

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Psalms 35:23 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.

הָעִ֣ירָהha.'I.rahwake up !H5782

וְ֭הָקִיצָהVe.ha.ki.tzahand awake !H6974

לְמִשְׁפָּטִ֑יle.mish.pa.Tifor judgment myH4941

אֱלֹהַ֖י'e.lo.HaiO God myH430

וַֽאדֹנָ֣יva.do.Naiand O LordH136

לְרִיבִֽי\׃le.ri.Vifor cause myH7379

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

Cross references for Psalms 35:23

Psalms 7:6
Arise, O Lord, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
Psalms 44:23
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
Psalms 89:26
He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
Psalms 59:4
They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.
John 20:28
And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
Psalms 80:2
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.
Psalms 142:5
I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
Isaiah 51:9
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Stir.
7:6; 44:23; 80:2; Isa 51:9
my God.
89:26; 142:5; Joh 20:28

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Psalms 35:22
This thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
Psalms 35:23
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Psalms 35:24
Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

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Psalms 35:23 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Muévete y despierta para mi juicio, para mi causa, Dios mío y Señor mío.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Éveille-toi, réveille-toi, pour me faire droit, mon Dieu et Seigneur, pour soutenir ma cause.
German Elberfelder 1871	Wache auf und erwache zu meinem Rechte, mein Gott und Herr, zu meinem Rechtsstreit!