Limitless Word

Psalms 35

WEBKJVBSBESVNKJVNASBNLT

Part of Book I📖 Psalms introduction

Read the chapter

1Plead my cause, O Lord, with those who strive with me; Fight against those who fight against me. ✦ 2Take hold of shield and buckler, And stand up for my help. ✦ 3Also draw out the spear, And stop those who pursue me. Say to my soul, “I am your salvation.” ✦ 4Let those be put to shame and brought to dishonor Who seek after my life; Let those be turned back and brought to confusion Who plot my hurt. ✦ 5Let them be like chaff before the wind, And let the angel of the Lord chase them. ✦ 6Let their way be dark and slippery, And let the angel of the Lord pursue them. ✦ 7For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit, Which they have dug without cause for my life. ✦ 8Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly, And let his net that he has hidden catch himself; Into that very destruction let him fall. ✦ 9And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord; It shall rejoice in His salvation. ✦ 10All my bones shall say, “Lord, who is like You, Delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, Yes, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?” ✦ 11Fierce witnesses rise up; They ask me things that I do not know. ✦ 12They reward me evil for good, To the sorrow of my soul. ✦ 13But as for me, when they were sick, My clothing was sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting; And my prayer would return to my own heart. ✦ 14I paced about as though he were my friend or brother; I bowed down heavily, as one who mourns for his mother. ✦ 15But in my adversity they rejoiced And gathered together; Attackers gathered against me, And I did not know it; They tore at me and did not cease; ✦ 16With ungodly mockers at feasts They gnashed at me with their teeth. ✦ 17Lord, how long will You look on? Rescue me from their destructions, My precious life from the lions. ✦ 18I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people. ✦ 19Let them not rejoice over me who are wrongfully my enemies; Nor let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause. ✦ 20For they do not speak peace, But they devise deceitful matters Against the quiet ones in the land. ✦ 21They also opened their mouth wide against me, And said, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen it.” ✦ 22This You have seen, O Lord; Do not keep silence. O Lord, do not be far from me. ✦ 23Stir up Yourself, and awake to my vindication, To my cause, my God and my Lord. ✦ 24Vindicate me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me. ✦ 25Let them not say in their hearts, “Ah, so we would have it!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.” ✦ 26Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion Who rejoice at my hurt; Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor Who exalt themselves against me. ✦ 27Let them shout for joy and be glad, Who favor my righteous cause; And let them say continually, “Let the Lord be magnified, Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.” ✦ 28And my tongue shall speak of Your righteousness And of Your praise all the day long. ✦

Tap any verse for its study page. Underlined terms mark a concept, person, or place; ✦ marks verses with cross-references.

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Where this chapter connects

Ps 38 ·10Ps 22 ·9Ps 69 ·7Ps 71 ·7Ps 35 ·6Ps 7 ·6Ps 40 ·5Matt 27 ·5

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 35 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Resources, by level

Lay

  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryPsalms (Tyndale OT Commentaries)Derek Kidner · Paid · evangelical

    Concise, theologically rich, and wonderfully accessible — the best place to start on the Psalms.

Pastoral

  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

  • VideoWatch teaching on Psalms 35YouTube · Lay · Free

    Sermons and chapter teaching from across YouTube.

  • CommentaryEnduring Word — Psalms 35David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Psalms 35Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

♪ Soundtrack

← Psalms 34Psalms 36 →