Psalms 35:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!”
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BSBPD
“Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice due unto me, Even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Stir up, and wake to my judgment, My God, and my Lord, to my plea.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 35:23 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 7:6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
- Psalms 7:7Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
- Psalms 7:9Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
- Psalms 44:23Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
- Psalms 44:24Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
- Psalms 59:4For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.
- Psalms 74:22Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
- Psalms 80:2before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.
- Psalms 89:26He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
- Psalms 119:154Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.
- Psalms 142:5I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
- Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
- Lamentations 3:59You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause!
- John 20:28Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!”
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