Psalms 35:24
Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
BSB
ASV
Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me.
KJV
Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
As to the third, he says, "Judge me." One text has, "according to your justice"; another text has, "Judge me according to my justice." The first amounts to the same thing, as if he were saying: judge me according to your law and justice; for …
Judge me, O Lord my God - Pronounce judgment, or judge between me and my enemies. Compare the notes at Psa 26:1. According to thy righteousness - That is, “rightly.” Let there be a righteous judgment. The character of God, or the righteousness of God, is the highest standard of equity and justice, and the psalmist asks that he would manifest his real character as judge in interposing in behalf of an injured and oppressed man, and doing justice to him.
The appeal is here repeated; the plaintiff feels that the joy of his accusers will be short-lived as soon as impartial justice rules. The oppressors' wrong, the proud man's contumely, the fool's grimace—all, all will cease when the righteous Lord sits down upon the judgment seat.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
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The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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.”
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.
Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
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2 Thessalonians 1:6After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
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For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
Whoever does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.
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Psalms 7:8The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
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before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
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Psalms 35:19Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
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But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’