Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
Parallel translations
- WEB Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV Arise, O Lord, in Your anger; Lift Yourself up because of the rage of my enemies; Rise up for me to the judgment You have commanded!
- NASB ¶Arise, Lord, in Your anger; Raise Yourself against the rage of my enemies, And stir Yourself for me; You have ordered judgment.
- NLT Arise, O Lord, in anger! Stand up against the fury of my enemies! Wake up, my God, and bring justice!
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Quick answer
David calls on God to arise in righteous anger and execute the judgment He has appointed. He pleads for the just Judge to act against evil.
Overview
David summons God to rise up against the fury of his adversaries and carry out the judgment He has ordained. He appeals not to personal vengeance but to God's commitment to justice. This longing for God to set wrongs right finds its ultimate answer in Christ, to whom all judgment has been given (John 5:22).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 20
- Ps 44:23Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
- Ps 35:23Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
- Isa 33:10“Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.
- Ps 3:7Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
- Ps 138:7If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
- Ps 103:6The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
- Ps 44:26Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.
- Isa 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
- Isa 37:20And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
- Isa 3:13The LORD arises to contend; He stands to judge the people.
- Ps 73:20Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
- Ps 74:3Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.
- Ps 94:1–2O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
- Ps 68:1–2For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A song. God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence.
- Ps 12:5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
- Ps 59:5O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah
- Ps 78:65Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.
- Ps 35:1Of David. Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.
- Ps 76:8–9From heaven You pronounced judgment, and the earth feared and was still
- 2 Sam 17:14Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
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