Psalms 35:23

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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

Complete Jewish Bible:

Wake up! Get up, my God, my Lord! Defend me and my cause!

Berean Standard Bible:

Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!

American Standard Version:

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

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Stir up{H5782} thyself, and awake{H6974}{H8685)} to my judgment{H4941}, even unto my cause{H7379}, my God{H430} and my Lord{H136}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Psalms 44:23

  • Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.

Psalms 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.

Isaiah 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?

Psalms 80:2

  • Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come [and] save us.

Psalms 89:26

  • He shall cry unto me, Thou [art] my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

Psalms 142:5

  • I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my refuge [and] my portion in the land of the living.

John 20:28

  • And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

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Commentary for Psalms 35:23

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H5782
    There are 65 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עוּר
    Transliteration: ʻûwr
    Pronunciation: oor
    Description: a primitive root (rather identical with through the idea of opening the eyes); to wake (literally or figuratively); (a-) wake(-n, up), lift up (self), [idiom] master, raise (up), stir up (self).
  2. Strong's Number: H6974
    There are 21 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: קוּץ
    Transliteration: qûwts
    Pronunciation: koots
    Description: a primitive root (identical with through the idea of abruptness in starting up from sleep (compare יָקַץ)); to awake (literally or figuratively); arise, (be) (a-) wake, watch.
  3. Strong's Number: H4941
    There are 406 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מִשְׁפָּט
    Transliteration: mishpâṭ
    Pronunciation: mish-pawt'
    Description: from שָׁפַט; properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style; [phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, [idiom] worthy, [phrase] wrong.
  4. Strong's Number: H7379
    There are 61 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: רִיב
    Transliteration: rîyb
    Pronunciation: reeb
    Description: or רִב; from רִיב; a contest (personal or legal); [phrase] adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
  5. Strong's Number: H430
    There are 2334 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֱלֹהִים
    Transliteration: ʼĕlôhîym
    Pronunciation: el-o-heem'
    Description: plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
  6. Strong's Number: H136
    There are 910 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֲדֹנָי
    Transliteration: ʼĂdônây
    Pronunciation: ad-o-noy'
    Description: an emphatic form of אָדוֹן; the Lord (used as a proper name of God only); (my) Lord.