Psalm 35:1
New International Version
Of David. Contend, LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me.

New Living Translation
O LORD, oppose those who oppose me. Fight those who fight against me.

English Standard Version
Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!

Berean Standard Bible
Of David. Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.

King James Bible
A Psalm of David. Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

New King James Version
A Psalm of David. Plead my cause, O LORD, with those who strive with me; Fight against those who fight against me.

New American Standard Bible
A Psalm of David. Contend, LORD, with those who contend with me; Fight against those who fight against me.

NASB 1995
A Psalm of David. Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; Fight against those who fight against me.

NASB 1977
Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; Fight against those who fight against me.

Legacy Standard Bible
Of David. Contend, O Yahweh, with those who contend with me; Fight against those who fight against me.

Amplified Bible
A Psalm of David. Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; Fight against those who fight against me.

Christian Standard Bible
Of David. Oppose my opponents, LORD; fight those who fight me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Davidic. Oppose my opponents, LORD; fight those who fight me.

American Standard Version
A Psalm of David. Strive thou, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me: Fight thou against them that fight against me.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Judge my case, LORD JEHOVAH, and fight against those who fight against me.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
A Psalm of David. Judge thou, O Lord, them that injure me, fight against them that fight against me.

Contemporary English Version
Fight my enemies, LORD! Attack my attackers!

Douay-Rheims Bible
For David himself. Judge thou, O Lord, them that wrong me : overthrow them that fight against me.

English Revised Version
A Psalm of David. Strive thou, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight thou against them that fight against me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[By David.] O LORD, attack those who attack me. Fight against those who fight against me.

Good News Translation
Oppose those who oppose me, LORD, and fight those who fight against me!

International Standard Version
Argue my case, LORD, against those who argue against me. Fight against those who fight against me.

JPS Tanakh 1917
[A Psalm] of David. Strive, O LORD, with them that strive with me; Fight against them that fight against me.

Literal Standard Version
BY DAVID. Strive, YHWH, with my strivers, fight with my fighters,

Majority Standard Bible
Of David. Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.

New American Bible
Of David. Oppose, O LORD, those who oppose me; war upon those who make war upon me.

NET Bible
By David. O LORD, fight those who fight with me! Attack those who attack me!

New Revised Standard Version
Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!

New Heart English Bible
[By David.] Contend, LORD, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.

Webster's Bible Translation
A Psalm of David. Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

World English Bible
By David. Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.

Young's Literal Translation
By David. Strive, Jehovah, with my strivers, fight with my fighters,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Contend with My Opponents
1Of David. Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me. 2Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.…

Cross References
1 Samuel 24:15
May the LORD be our judge and decide between you and me. May He take notice and plead my case and deliver me from your hand."

Psalm 18:43
You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

Psalm 43:1
Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.

Psalm 56:2
My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.

Psalm 119:154
Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.

Isaiah 49:25
Indeed, this is what the LORD says: "Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.


Treasury of Scripture

Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

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Psalm 43:1
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Psalm 119:154
Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.

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.

fight

Exodus 14:25
And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.

Joshua 10:42
And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.

Nehemiah 4:20
In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.

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Psalm 35
1. David prays for his own safety, and his enemies' confusion
11. He complains of their wrongful dealing
22. Thereby he incites God against them














(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)

Verse 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.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Of David.
לְדָוִ֨ד ׀ (lə·ḏā·wiḏ)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

Contend
רִיבָ֣ה (rî·ḇāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defend

with my opponents,
יְרִיבַ֑י (yə·rî·ḇay)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3401: He will contend, adjective, contentious, an adversary

O LORD;
יְ֭הוָה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

fight against
לְ֝חַ֗ם (lə·ḥam)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 3898: To feed on, to consume, to battle

those who battle me.
לֹֽחֲמָֽי׃ (lō·ḥă·māy)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3898: To feed on, to consume, to battle


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