23 Awake, and rise to my defense! Contend for me, my God and Lord.
23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
23 Awake and rouse yourself for my vindication, for my cause, my God and my Lord!
23 Please get up - wake up! Tend to my case. My God, my Lord - my life is on the line.
23 Stir up Yourself, and awake to my vindication, To my cause, my God and my Lord.
23 Wake up! Rise to my defense! Take up my case, my God and my Lord.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 35:23
Commentary on Psalm 35:17-28
(Read Psalm 35:17-28)
Though the people of God are, and study to be, quiet, yet it has been common for their enemies to devise deceitful matters against them. David prays, My soul is in danger, Lord, rescue it; it belongs to thee the Father of spirits, therefore claim thine own; it is thine, save it! Lord, be not far from me, as if I were a stranger. He who exalted the once suffering Redeemer, will appear for all his people: the roaring lion shall not destroy their souls, any more than he could that of Christ, their Surety. They trust their souls in his hands, they are one with him by faith, are precious in his sight, and shall be rescued from destruction, that they may give thanks in heaven.