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Psalm 34 (35) Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899

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Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 35 · About the recordings

Notes on this text (2)

1 For David himself. Judge thou, O Lord, them that wrong me: overthrow them that fight against me. 2 Take hold of arms and shield: and rise up to help me. 3 Bring out the sword, and shut up the way against them that persecute me: say to my soul: I am thy salvation. 4 Let them be confounded and ashamed that seek after my soul. Let them be turned back and be confounded that devise against me. 5 Let them become as dust before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord straiten them. 6 Let their way become dark and slippery; and let the angel of the Lord pursue them. 7 For without cause they have hidden their net for me unto destruction: without cause they have upbraided my soul. 8 Let the snare which he knoweth not come upon him: and let the net which he hath hidden catch him: and let the net which he hath hidden catch him: and into that very snare let them fall. 9 But my soul shall rejoice in the Lord; and shall be delighted in his salvation. 10 All my bones shall say: Lord, who is like to thee? Who deliverest the poor from the hand of them that are stronger than he; the needy and the poor from them that strip him. 11 Unjust witnesses rising up have asked me things I knew not. 12 They repaid me evil for good: to the depriving me of my soul. 13 But as for me, when they were troublesome to me, I was clothed with haircloth. I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer shall be turned into my bosom. 14 As a neighbour and as an own brother, so did I please: as one mourning and sorrowful so was I humbled. 15 But they rejoiced against me, and came together: scourges were gathered together upon me, and I knew not. 16 They were separated, and repented not: they tempted me, they scoffed at me with scorn: they gnashed upon me with their teeth. 17 Lord, when wilt thou look upon me? rescue thou soul from their malice: my only one from the lions. 18 I will give thanks to thee in a great church; I will praise thee in a strong people. 19 Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: who have hated me without cause, and wink with the eyes. 20 For they spoke indeed peaceably to me; and speaking in the anger of the earth they devised guile. 21 And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said: Well done, well done, our eyes have seen it. 22 Thou hast seen, O Lord, be not thou silent: O Lord, depart not from me. 23 Arise, and be attentive to my judgment: to my cause, my God, and my Lord. 24 Judge me, O Lord my God according to thy justice, and let them not rejoice over me. 25 Let them not say in their hearts: It is well, it is well, to our mind: neither let them say: We have swallowed him up. 26 Let them blush: and be ashamed together, who rejoice at my evils. Let them be clothed with confusion and shame, who speak great things against me. 27 Let them rejoice and be glad, who are well pleased with my justice, and let them say always: The Lord be magnified, who delights in the peace of his servant. 28 Any my tongue shall meditate thy justice, thy praise all the 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. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in DRB.

  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). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 35.

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)