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Psalm 35 Berean Standard Bible

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1 Of David. Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.
1 By David. Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.
2 Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.
2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.
3 Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”
3 Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, “I am your salvation.”
4 May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
4 Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.
5 May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.
5 Let them be as chaff before the wind, Yahweh’s angel driving them on.
6 May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.
6 Let their way be dark and slippery, Yahweh’s angel pursuing them.
7 For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
7 For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
8 May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
8 Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.
9 Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation.
9 My soul shall be joyful in Yahweh. It shall rejoice in his salvation.
10 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?”
10 All my bones shall say, “Yahweh, 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?”
11 Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.
12 They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
12 They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.
13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.
14 I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
14 I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.
15 But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
15 But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease.
16 Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
16 Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.
17 How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
17 Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.
18 Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.
18 I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.
19 Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
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.
20 For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
20 For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
21 They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
21 Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!”
22 O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
22 You have seen it, Yahweh. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.
23 Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
23 Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!
24 Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
24 Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.
25 Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
25 Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!” Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”
26 May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
26 Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.
27 May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”
27 Let those who favor my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad. Yes, let them say continually, “May Yahweh be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”
28 Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
28 My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.
Cross references (28)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Psalm 43:1; Jeremiah 51:36; Psalm 119:154; Isaiah 49:25; Proverbs 23:11
  2. 2 Psalm 91:4; Exodus 15:3; Isaiah 42:13; Deuteronomy 32:41–42; Isaiah 13:5
  3. 3 Isaiah 12:2; Psalm 27:2; Psalm 51:12; Psalm 91:16; Isaiah 8:9–10
  4. 4 Psalm 70:2–3; Jeremiah 46:5; Psalm 35:26; Psalm 38:12; Psalm 31:17–18
  5. 5 Job 21:18; Isaiah 29:5; Hebrews 11:28; Hosea 13:3; Exodus 14:19
  6. 6 Jeremiah 23:12; Psalm 73:18; Proverbs 4:19; Jeremiah 13:16
  7. 7 John 15:25; Psalm 140:5; Psalm 9:15; Psalm 69:4; Job 18:8
  8. 8 Psalm 141:9–10; Luke 21:34; Psalm 9:15; Proverbs 5:22; Psalm 57:6
  9. 9 Isaiah 61:10; Luke 1:46–47; Psalm 48:11; Psalm 58:10–11; Psalm 9:14
  10. 10 Psalm 140:12; Psalm 109:31; Exodus 15:11; Psalm 86:8; Psalm 71:19
  11. 11 Psalm 27:12; Matthew 26:59–60; Acts 6:13; 1 Samuel 24:9; Acts 24:12–13
  12. 12 John 10:32; Jeremiah 18:20; Psalm 38:20; Luke 23:21–23; Proverbs 17:13
  13. 13 Psalm 69:10–11; Job 30:25; Matthew 5:44; Isaiah 58:5; Leviticus 16:31
  14. 14 Luke 19:41–42; 2 Samuel 1:11–12; Genesis 24:67; 2 Samuel 1:17–27; Psalm 38:6
  15. 15 Jeremiah 20:10; Mark 14:65; Matthew 27:27–30; Psalm 7:2; Matthew 27:39–44
  16. 16 Lamentations 2:16; Job 16:9; Psalm 37:12; John 18:28; Acts 7:54
  17. 17 Habakkuk 1:13; Psalm 57:4; Psalm 22:20–21; Psalm 89:46; Psalm 94:3–4
  18. 18 Hebrews 2:12; Psalm 22:22–25; Psalm 116:18; Isaiah 25:3; Psalm 116:14
  19. 19 Psalm 69:4; John 15:25; Proverbs 6:13; Psalm 13:4; Psalm 38:19
  20. 20 Matthew 26:4; 1 Peter 2:22–23; Jeremiah 11:19; Psalm 120:5–7; Psalm 38:12
  21. 21 Psalm 40:15; Luke 11:53–54; Psalm 22:13; Psalm 70:3; Psalm 54:7
  22. 22 Exodus 3:7; Psalm 10:1; Psalm 28:1; Psalm 38:21; Isaiah 65:6
  23. 23 Psalm 7:6; Psalm 44:23; Psalm 89:26; Psalm 59:4; John 20:28
  24. 24 Psalm 43:1; Psalm 26:1; Psalm 7:8; 2 Thessalonians 1:6; Psalm 35:19
  25. 25 Lamentations 2:16; Psalm 124:3; Matthew 27:43; Job 1:5; Psalm 140:8
  26. 26 Psalm 38:16; Job 8:22; Psalm 132:18; Job 19:5; Isaiah 41:11
  27. 27 Jeremiah 32:40–41; Psalm 149:4; Zephaniah 3:17; Psalm 40:16; Proverbs 8:18
  28. 28 Psalm 145:21; Psalm 71:24; Psalm 145:5; Psalm 51:14–15; Psalm 50:15

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm XXXIV)

    Because there was there a sacrifice after the order of Aaron, and afterwards He of His Own Body and Blood appointed a sacrifice after the order of Melchizedek; He changed then His Countenance in the Priesthood, and sent away the kingdom of the Jews, and came to the Gentiles. What then is, "He affected"? He was full of affection.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 35:9 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book IV, Chapter IX)

    … liberty, and been made partakers of His gifts, do possess a greater amount of grace, and a higher degree of exultation, rejoicing because of the King's arrival: as also David says, "My soul shall rejoice in the Lord; it shall be glad in His salvation." And for this cause, upon His entrance into Jerusalem, all those who were in the …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 35:14 Augustine of Hippo, On Christian Doctrine (Book I, Chapters 25–30)

    And the Psalmist says in his prayer, "I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother." But as the Divine nature is of higher excellence than, and far removed above, our nature, the command to love God is distinct from that to love our neighbor.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  4. Quotes verse 35:18 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XVIII)

    The Psalmist also says, I will give thanks unto Thee, O Lord, in the great Congregation; I will praise Thee among much people.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  5. Quotes verse 35:2 Augustine of Hippo, On Christian Doctrine (Book III, Chapters 22–27)

    For example, there is no better way of understanding the words addressed to God, "Take hold of shield and buckler and stand up for mine help," than by referring to the passage where we read, "Thou, Lord, hast crowned us with Thy favor as with a shield." And yet we are not so to understand it, as that wherever we …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)