Psalms Chapter 35 verse 1 Holy Bible
Strive thou, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me: Fight thou against them that fight against me.
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<Of David.> O Lord, be on my side against those who are judging me; be at war with those who make war against me.
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{[A Psalm] of David.} Strive, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me; fight against them that fight against me:
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Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
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A Psalm of David. Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
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> Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.
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By David. Strive, Jehovah, with my strivers, fight with my fighters,
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Psalms 35 : 1 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 1. - Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me (comp. 1 Samuel 24:15, "The Lord therefore be Judge, and judge between me and thee; and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand." The word translated "plead" is a judicial term; but the context shows that it was in the battle-field, rather than in the law-courts, that David's cause was to be pleaded. The second hemistich is therefore added to explain and correct the first; it is fighting, not pleading, that is needed under the circumstances.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(1) Plead my cause.--Better, Strive, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me. The construction requires this, and the parallelism suggests recourse to arms rather than to the law.Fight.--Literally, devour. (Comp. Numbers 24:8."He shall eat up the nations." So a Latin author--"Qua medius pugnae vorat agmina vortex."SILIUS: Punic, 4:230.Comp. Shakespeare--"If the wars eat us not up.'--Coriolanus, Acts 1, sc. 1)
