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Contend with My Opponents, O LORD

Psalms 35:23

In 11 translations

BSB
Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
KJV
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto 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.
LSV
Stir up, and wake to my judgment, || My God, and my Lord, to my plea.
YLT
Stir up, and wake to my judgment, My God, and my Lord, to my plea.
DBY
Stir up thyself, and awake for my right, for my cause, my God and Lord!Elohim
DRC34:23
Arise, and be attentive to my judgment: to my cause, my God, and my Lord.
GNV
Arise and wake to my iudgement, euen to my cause, my God, and my Lord.
JPS
Rouse Thee, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
LXXE34:23
Awake, O Lord, and attend to my judgment, even to my cause, my God and my Lord.

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Original-language editions

WLC
הָעִ֣ירָה וְ֭הָקִיצָה לְמִשְׁפָּטִ֑י אֱלֹהַ֖י וַֽאדֹנָ֣י לְרִיבִֽי׃
LXX-Br34:23
Ἐξεγέρθητι Κύριε, καὶ πρόσχες τῇ κρίσει μου, ὁ Θεός μου καὶ ὁ Κύριός μου εἰς τὴν δίκην μου.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 44:23Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
  • Psalms 7:6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
  • Psalms 89:26He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
  • Psalms 59:4For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.
  • Psalms 142:5I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
  • Psalms 80:2before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.
  • John 20:28Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!”
  • 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?

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