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Psalms 35:23

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

KJV

Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice due unto me, Even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

ASV

הָעִ֣ירָ/ה וְ֭/הָקִיצָ/ה לְ/מִשְׁפָּטִ֑/י אֱלֹהַ֖/י וַֽ/אדֹנָ֣/י לְ/רִיבִֽ/י

Hebrew

Stir up, and wake to my judgment, My God, and my Lord, to my plea.

YLT

Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ה
h
verb · 76×
י
y
noun · 440×
י
y
noun · 422×
יָקִ֑יצוּ
yqytsv
verb · 23×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
רִ֥יב
ryb
noun · 61×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 16:5 — And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
  • Isa 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?
  • John 20:28 — And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God.
  • Ps 3:7 — Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 44:23 — Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
  • Ps 44:23 — Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
  • Ps 59:4 — They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.
  • Ps 59:4 — They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.
  • Ps 80:2 — Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.
  • Ps 80:2 — Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.
  • Ps 89:26 — He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
  • Ps 142:5 — I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.