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Saturday, December 20th, 2025
the Third Week of Advent
the Third Week of Advent
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Psalms 35:23
Be awake, O Lord, be moved to take up my cause, my God and my Lord.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Wake up and rise to my defense,to my cause, my God and my Lord!
Wake up and rise to my defense,to my cause, my God and my Lord!
Hebrew Names Version
Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!
Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!
King James Version
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
English Standard Version
Awake and rouse yourself for my vindication, for my cause, my God and my Lord!
Awake and rouse yourself for my vindication, for my cause, my God and my Lord!
New Century Version
Wake up! Come and defend me! My God and Lord, fight for me!
Wake up! Come and defend me! My God and Lord, fight for me!
New English Translation
Rouse yourself, wake up and vindicate me! My God and Lord, defend my just cause!
Rouse yourself, wake up and vindicate me! My God and Lord, defend my just cause!
Amplified Bible
Wake Yourself up, and arise to my right And to my cause, my God and my Lord.
Wake Yourself up, and arise to my right And to my cause, my God and my Lord.
New American Standard Bible
Stir Yourself, and awake to my right And to my cause, my God and my Lord.
Stir Yourself, and awake to my right And to my cause, my God and my Lord.
World English Bible
Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!
Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!
Geneva Bible (1587)
Arise and wake to my iudgement, euen to my cause, my God, and my Lord.
Arise and wake to my iudgement, euen to my cause, my God, and my Lord.
Legacy Standard Bible
Stir up Yourself, and awake to my justiceAnd to my cause, my God and my Lord.
Stir up Yourself, and awake to my justiceAnd to my cause, my God and my Lord.
Berean Standard Bible
Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
Contemporary English Version
Fight to defend me, Lord God,
Fight to defend me, Lord God,
Complete Jewish Bible
Wake up! Get up, my God, my Lord! Defend me and my cause!
Wake up! Get up, my God, my Lord! Defend me and my cause!
Darby Translation
Stir up thyself, and awake for my right, for my cause, my God and Lord!
Stir up thyself, and awake for my right, for my cause, my God and Lord!
Easy-to-Read Version
Wake up! Get up! My God and my Lord, fight for me, and bring me justice.
Wake up! Get up! My God and my Lord, fight for me, and bring me justice.
George Lamsa Translation
stir up thyself and awake to my judgment, see my suffering, my God and my LORD.
stir up thyself and awake to my judgment, see my suffering, my God and my LORD.
Good News Translation
Rouse yourself, O Lord, and defend me; rise up, my God, and plead my cause.
Rouse yourself, O Lord, and defend me; rise up, my God, and plead my cause.
Lexham English Bible
Wake up and rouse yourself for my right, for my cause, O my God and my Lord.
Wake up and rouse yourself for my right, for my cause, O my God and my Lord.
Literal Translation
Stir Yourself and awaken to my judgment, to my cause, my God and my Lord.
Stir Yourself and awaken to my judgment, to my cause, my God and my Lord.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Awake (LORDE) and stonde vp: auenge thou my cause, my God, and my LORDE.
Awake (LORDE) and stonde vp: auenge thou my cause, my God, and my LORDE.
American Standard Version
Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice due unto me, Even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice due unto me, Even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Rouse Thee, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Rouse Thee, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
King James Version (1611)
Stirre vp thy selfe and awake to my iudgement, euen vnto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Stirre vp thy selfe and awake to my iudgement, euen vnto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Stirre thou and awake O my God and my Lorde: to iudge my cause and controuersie.
Stirre thou and awake O my God and my Lorde: to iudge my cause and controuersie.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Awake, O Lord, and attend to my judgment, even to my cause, my God and my Lord.
Awake, O Lord, and attend to my judgment, even to my cause, my God and my Lord.
English Revised Version
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Rise vp, and yyue tent to my doom; my God and my Lord, biholde in to my cause.
Rise vp, and yyue tent to my doom; my God and my Lord, biholde in to my cause.
Update Bible Version
Stir up yourself, and awake to the justice [due] to me, [Even] to my cause, my God and my Lord.
Stir up yourself, and awake to the justice [due] to me, [Even] to my cause, my God and my Lord.
Webster's Bible Translation
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, [even] to my cause, my God and my Lord.
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, [even] to my cause, my God and my Lord.
New King James Version
Stir up Yourself, and awake to my vindication, To my cause, my God and my Lord.
Stir up Yourself, and awake to my vindication, To my cause, my God and my Lord.
New Living Translation
Wake up! Rise to my defense! Take up my case, my God and my Lord.
Wake up! Rise to my defense! Take up my case, my God and my Lord.
New Life Bible
Awake Yourself. Come and help me. Fight for me, my God and my Lord.
Awake Yourself. Come and help me. Fight for me, my God and my Lord.
New Revised Standard
Wake up! Bestir yourself for my defense, for my cause, my God and my Lord!
Wake up! Bestir yourself for my defense, for my cause, my God and my Lord!
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Bestir thyself and wake up, to my vindication, O my God and My Lord! - to my plea:
Bestir thyself and wake up, to my vindication, O my God and My Lord! - to my plea:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(34-23) Arise, and be attentive to my judgment: to my cause, my God, and my Lord.
(34-23) Arise, and be attentive to my judgment: to my cause, my God, and my Lord.
Revised Standard Version
Bestir thyself, and awake for my right, for my cause, my God and my Lord!
Bestir thyself, and awake for my right, for my cause, my God and my Lord!
Young's Literal Translation
Stir up, and wake to my judgment, My God, and my Lord, to my plea.
Stir up, and wake to my judgment, My God, and my Lord, to my plea.
THE MESSAGE
Please get up—wake up! Tend to my case. My God, my Lord—my life is on the line. Do what you think is right, God , my God, but don't make me pay for their good time. Don't let them say to themselves, "Ha-ha, we got what we wanted." Don't let them say, "We've chewed him up and spit him out." Let those who are being hilarious at my expense Be made to look ridiculous. Make them wear donkey's ears; Pin them with the donkey's tail, who made themselves so high and mighty!
Please get up—wake up! Tend to my case. My God, my Lord—my life is on the line. Do what you think is right, God , my God, but don't make me pay for their good time. Don't let them say to themselves, "Ha-ha, we got what we wanted." Don't let them say, "We've chewed him up and spit him out." Let those who are being hilarious at my expense Be made to look ridiculous. Make them wear donkey's ears; Pin them with the donkey's tail, who made themselves so high and mighty!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Stir up Yourself, and awake to my right And to my cause, my God and my Lord.
Stir up Yourself, and awake to my right And to my cause, my God and my Lord.
Contextual Overview
17 Lord, how long will you be looking on? take my soul from their destruction, my life from the lions. 18 I will give you praise in the great meeting; I will give you honour among a strong people. 19 Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me. 20 For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land. 21 Their mouths were open wide against me, and they said, Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it. 22 You have seen this, O Lord; be not unmoved: O Lord, be not far from me. 23 Be awake, O Lord, be moved to take up my cause, my God and my Lord. 24 Be my judge, O Lord my God, in your righteousness; do not let them be glad over me. 25 Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him. 26 Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Stir: Psalms 7:6, Psalms 44:23, Psalms 80:2, Isaiah 51:9
my God: Psalms 89:26, Psalms 142:5, John 20:28
Reciprocal: Genesis 16:5 - the Lord Psalms 3:7 - Arise Psalms 59:4 - awake Psalms 109:1 - Hold Isaiah 10:26 - stir up Lamentations 3:59 - judge
Cross-References
Genesis 33:2
He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph at the back.
He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph at the back.
Genesis 35:2
Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing:
Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing:
Genesis 35:4
Then they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which they had, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob put them away under the holy tree at Shechem.
Then they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which they had, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob put them away under the holy tree at Shechem.
Genesis 35:8
And Deborah, the servant who had taken care of Rebekah from her birth, came to her end, and was put to rest near Beth-el, under the holy tree: and they gave it the name of Allon-bacuth.
And Deborah, the servant who had taken care of Rebekah from her birth, came to her end, and was put to rest near Beth-el, under the holy tree: and they gave it the name of Allon-bacuth.
Genesis 35:15
And he gave to the place where God had been talking with him, the name of Beth-el.
And he gave to the place where God had been talking with him, the name of Beth-el.
Genesis 35:18
And in the hour when her life went from her (for death came to her), she gave the child the name Ben-oni: but his father gave him the name of Benjamin.
And in the hour when her life went from her (for death came to her), she gave the child the name Ben-oni: but his father gave him the name of Benjamin.
Genesis 35:20
And Jacob put up a pillar on her resting-place; which is named, The Pillar of the resting-place of Rachel, to this day.
And Jacob put up a pillar on her resting-place; which is named, The Pillar of the resting-place of Rachel, to this day.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Stir up thyself and awake,.... Who seemed to be asleep in the apprehensions of the psalmist, and to take no notice of his distresses, and the insults of his enemies; see Psalms 44:23; he adds,
to my judgment, [even] to my cause; that is, to plead it and maintain it, and avenge him of his enemies, as in Psalms 35:1; making use of his covenant interest in him as a plea for it to engage him to do it, saying,
my God, and my Lord; see Psalms 22:1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Stir up thyself - Arouse thyself as if from sleep. See Psalms 44:23.
And awake to my judgment - To execute judgment for me, or to render me justice. A similar petition (almost in the same words) occurs in Psalms 7:6. See the notes at that passage.
Even unto my cause - In my behalf; or, in the cause which so nearly pertains to me.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 35:23. Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment — I have delivered my cause into thy hand, and appeal to thee as my Judge; and by thy decision I am most willing to abide.
