Apologetics Bible

Psalms 35:1

Hebrew

לְדָוִד ׀ רִיבָה יְהוָה אֶת־יְרִיבַי לְחַם אֶת־לֹֽחֲמָֽי׃

ledavid- -riyvah-yehvah-'et-yeriyvay-lecham-'et-lochamay

KJV: Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

AKJV: Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

ASV: Strive thou, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me:

YLT: By David. Strive, Jehovah, with my strivers, fight with my fighters,

Exposition: Psalms 35:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:2

Hebrew

הַחֲזֵק מָגֵן וְצִנָּה וְקוּמָה בְּעֶזְרָתִֽי׃

hachazeq-magen-vetzinah-veqvmah-ve'ezeratiy

KJV: Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

AKJV: Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.

ASV: Take hold of shield and buckler,

YLT: Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise for my help,

Exposition: Psalms 35:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:3

Hebrew

וְהָרֵק חֲנִית וּסְגֹר לִקְרַאת רֹדְפָי אֱמֹר לְנַפְשִׁי יְֽשֻׁעָתֵךְ אָֽנִי׃

vehareq-chaniyt-vsegor-liqera't-rodefay-'emor-lenafeshiy-yeshu'atekhe-'aniy

KJV: Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

AKJV: Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say to my soul, I am your salvation.

ASV: Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that pursue me:

YLT: And draw out spear and lance, To meet my pursuers. Say to my soul, `Thy salvation I am .'

Exposition: Psalms 35:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:4

Hebrew

יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִכָּלְמוּ מְבַקְשֵׁי נַפְשִׁי יִסֹּגוּ אָחוֹר וְיַחְפְּרוּ חֹשְׁבֵי רָעָתִֽי׃

yevoshv-veyikhalemv-mevaqeshey-nafeshiy-yisogv-'achvor-veyacheferv-choshevey-ra'atiy

KJV: Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

AKJV: Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

ASV: Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor that seek after my soul:

YLT: They are ashamed and blush, those seeking my soul, Turned backward and confounded, Those devising my evil.

Exposition: Psalms 35:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:5

Hebrew

יִֽהְיוּ כְּמֹץ לִפְנֵי־רוּחַ וּמַלְאַךְ יְהוָה דּוֹחֶֽה׃

yiheyv-khemotz-lifeney-rvcha-vmale'akhe-yehvah-dvocheh

KJV: Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

AKJV: Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

ASV: Let them be as chaff before the wind,

YLT: They are as chaff before wind, And a messenger of Jehovah driving away.

Exposition: Psalms 35:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:6

Hebrew

יְֽהִי־דַרְכָּם חֹשֶׁךְ וַחֲלַקְלַקּוֹת וּמַלְאַךְ יְהוָה רֹדְפָֽם׃

yehiy-darekham-choshekhe-vachalaqelaqvot-vmale'akhe-yehvah-rodefam

KJV: Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

AKJV: Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

ASV: Let their way be dark and slippery,

YLT: Their way is darkness and slipperiness, And a messenger of Jehovah their pursuer.

Exposition: Psalms 35:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:7

Hebrew

כִּֽי־חִנָּם טָֽמְנוּ־לִי שַׁחַת רִשְׁתָּם חִנָּם חָפְרוּ לְנַפְשִֽׁי׃

khiy-chinam-tamenv-liy-shachat-rishetam-chinam-chaferv-lenafeshiy

KJV: For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

AKJV: For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have dig for my soul.

ASV: For without cause have they hid for me their netina pit;

YLT: For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.

Exposition: Psalms 35:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:8

Hebrew

תְּבוֹאֵהוּ שׁוֹאָה לֹֽא־יֵדָע וְרִשְׁתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר־טָמַן תִּלְכְּדוֹ בְּשׁוֹאָה יִפָּל־בָּֽהּ׃

tevvo'ehv-shvo'ah-lo'-yeda'-verishetvo-'asher-taman-tilekhedvo-veshvo'ah-yifal-vah

KJV: Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

AKJV: Let destruction come on him at unawares; and let his net that he has hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

ASV: Let destruction come upon him unawares;

YLT: Meet him doth desolation--he knoweth not, And his net that he hid catcheth him, For desolation he falleth into it.

Exposition: Psalms 35:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:9

Hebrew

וְנַפְשִׁי תָּגִיל בַּיהוָה תָּשִׂישׂ בִּישׁוּעָתֽוֹ׃

venafeshiy-tagiyl-vayhvah-tashiysh-viyshv'atvo

KJV: And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

AKJV: And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

ASV: And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah:

YLT: And my soul is joyful in Jehovah, It rejoiceth in His salvation.

Exposition: Psalms 35:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:10

Hebrew

כָּל עַצְמוֹתַי ׀ תֹּאמַרְנָה יְהוָה מִי כָמוֹךָ מַצִּיל עָנִי מֵחָזָק מִמֶּנּוּ וְעָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן מִגֹּזְלֽוֹ׃

khal-'atzemvotay- -to'marenah-yehvah-miy-khamvokha-matziyl-'aniy-mechazaq-mimenv-ve'aniy-ve'eveyvon-migozelvo

KJV: All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

AKJV: All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like to you, which deliver the poor from him that is too strong for him, yes, the poor and the needy from him that spoils him?

ASV: All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee,

YLT: All my bones say, `Jehovah, who is like Thee, Delivering the poor from the stronger than he, And the poor and needy from his plunderer.'

Exposition: Psalms 35:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:11

Hebrew

יְקוּמוּן עֵדֵי חָמָס אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יָדַעְתִּי יִשְׁאָלֽוּנִי׃

yeqvmvn-'edey-chamas-'asher-lo'-yada'etiy-yishe'alvniy

KJV: False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

AKJV: False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

ASV: Unrighteous witnesses rise up;

YLT: Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.

Exposition: Psalms 35:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:12

Hebrew

יְשַׁלְּמוּנִי רָעָה תַּחַת טוֹבָה שְׁכוֹל לְנַפְשִֽׁי׃

yeshalemvniy-ra'ah-tachat-tvovah-shekhvol-lenafeshiy

KJV: They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

AKJV: They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

ASV: They reward me evil for good,

YLT: They pay me evil for good, bereaving my soul,

Exposition: Psalms 35:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:13

Hebrew

וַאֲנִי ׀ בַּחֲלוֹתָם לְבוּשִׁי שָׂק עִנֵּיתִי בַצּוֹם נַפְשִׁי וּתְפִלָּתִי עַל־חֵיקִי תָשֽׁוּב׃

va'aniy- -vachalvotam-levvshiy-shaq-'ineytiy-vatzvom-nafeshiy-vtefilatiy-'al-cheyqiy-tashvv

KJV: But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

AKJV: But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into my own bosom.

ASV: But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth:

YLT: And I--in their sickness my clothing is sackcloth, I have humbled with fastings my soul, And my prayer unto my bosom returneth.

Exposition: Psalms 35:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:14

Hebrew

כְּרֵֽעַ־כְּאָח לִי הִתְהַלָּכְתִּי כַּאֲבֶל־אֵם קֹדֵר שַׁחֽוֹתִי׃

khere'a-khe'ach-liy-hitehalakhetiy-kha'avel-'em-qoder-shachvotiy

KJV: I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

AKJV: I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourns for his mother.

ASV: I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother:

YLT: As if a friend, as if my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.

Exposition: Psalms 35:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:15

Hebrew

וּבְצַלְעִי שָׂמְחוּ וְֽנֶאֱסָפוּ נֶאֶסְפוּ עָלַי נֵכִים וְלֹא יָדַעְתִּי קָֽרְעוּ וְלֹא־דָֽמּוּ׃

vvetzale'iy-shamechv-vene'esafv-ne'esefv-'alay-nekhiym-velo'-yada'etiy-qare'v-velo'-damv

KJV: But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

AKJV: But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yes, the attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

ASV: But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together:

YLT: And--in my halting they have rejoiced, And have been gathered together, Gathered against me were the smiters, And I have not known, They have rent, and they have not ceased;

Exposition: Psalms 35:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:16

Hebrew

בְּחַנְפֵי לַעֲגֵי מָעוֹג חָרֹק עָלַי שִׁנֵּֽימוֹ׃

vechanefey-la'agey-ma'vog-charoq-'alay-shineymvo

KJV: With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

AKJV: With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed on me with their teeth.

ASV: Like the profane mockers in feasts,

YLT: With profane ones, mockers in feasts, Gnashing against me their teeth.

Exposition: Psalms 35:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:17

Hebrew

אֲדֹנָי כַּמָּה תִרְאֶה הָשִׁיבָה נַפְשִׁי מִשֹּׁאֵיהֶם מִכְּפִירִים יְחִידָתִֽי׃

'adonay-khamah-tire'eh-hashiyvah-nafeshiy-misho'eyhem-mikhefiyriym-yechiydatiy

KJV: Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

AKJV: Lord, how long will you look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

ASV: Lord, how long wilt thou look on?

YLT: Lord, how long dost thou behold? Keep back my soul from their desolations, From young lions my only one.

Exposition: Psalms 35:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:18

Hebrew

אוֹדְךָ בְּקָהָל רָב בְּעַם עָצוּם אֲהַֽלְלֶֽךָּ׃

'vodekha-veqahal-rav-ve'am-'atzvm-'ahalelekha

KJV: I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

AKJV: I will give you thanks in the great congregation: I will praise you among much people.

ASV: I will give thee thanks in the great assembly:

YLT: I thank Thee in a great assembly, Among a mighty people I praise Thee.

Exposition: Psalms 35:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:19

Hebrew

אַֽל־יִשְׂמְחוּ־לִי אֹיְבַי שֶׁקֶר שֹׂנְאַי חִנָּם יִקְרְצוּ־עָֽיִן׃

'al-yishemechv-liy-'oyevay-sheqer-shone'ay-chinam-yiqeretzv-'ayin

KJV: Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

AKJV: Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

ASV: Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me;

YLT: Mine enemies rejoice not over me with falsehood, Those hating me without cause wink the eye.

Exposition: Psalms 35:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:20

Hebrew

כִּי לֹא שָׁלוֹם יְדַבֵּרוּ וְעַל רִגְעֵי־אֶרֶץ דִּבְרֵי מִרְמוֹת יַחֲשֹׁבֽוּן׃

khiy-lo'-shalvom-yedaverv-ve'al-rige'ey-'eretz-diverey-miremvot-yachashovvn

KJV: For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

AKJV: For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

ASV: For they speak not peace;

YLT: For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,

Exposition: Psalms 35:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:21

Hebrew

וַיַּרְחִיבוּ עָלַי פִּיהֶם אָמְרוּ הֶאָח ׀ הֶאָח רָאֲתָה עֵינֵֽינוּ׃

vayarechiyvv-'alay-fiyhem-'amerv-he'ach- -he'ach-ra'atah-'eyneynv

KJV: Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

AKJV: Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye has seen it.

ASV: Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me;

YLT: And they enlarge against me their mouth, They said, `Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.'

Exposition: Psalms 35:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:22

Hebrew

רָאִיתָה יְהוָה אַֽל־תֶּחֱרַשׁ אֲדֹנָי אֲל־תִּרְחַק מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

ra'iytah-yehvah-'al-techerash-'adonay-'al-tirechaq-mimeniy

KJV: This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

AKJV: This you have seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

ASV: Thou hast seen it, O Jehovah; keep not silence:

YLT: Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, Be not silent, O Lord--be not far from me,

Exposition: Psalms 35:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:23

Hebrew

הָעִירָה וְהָקִיצָה לְמִשְׁפָּטִי אֱלֹהַי וַֽאדֹנָי לְרִיבִֽי׃

ha'iyrah-vehaqiytzah-lemishefatiy-'elohay-va'donay-leriyviy

KJV: Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

AKJV: Stir up yourself, and awake to my judgment, even to my cause, my God and my Lord.

ASV: Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice due unto me,

YLT: Stir up, and wake to my judgment, My God, and my Lord, to my plea.

Exposition: Psalms 35:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:24

Hebrew

שָׁפְטֵנִי כְצִדְקְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהָי וְאַל־יִשְׂמְחוּ־לִֽי׃

shafeteniy-khetzideqekha-yehvah-'elohay-ve'al-yishemechv-liy

KJV: Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

AKJV: Judge me, O LORD my God, according to your righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

ASV: Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness;

YLT: Judge me according to Thy righteousness, O Jehovah my God, And they do not rejoice over me.

Exposition: Psalms 35:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:25

Hebrew

אַל־יֹאמְרוּ בְלִבָּם הֶאָח נַפְשֵׁנוּ אַל־יֹאמְרוּ בִּֽלַּעֲנֽוּהוּ׃

'al-yo'merv-velivam-he'ach-nafeshenv-'al-yo'merv-vila'anvhv

KJV: Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

AKJV: Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

ASV: Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it:

YLT: They do not say in their heart, Aha, our desire.' They do not say, We swallowed him up.'

Exposition: Psalms 35:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:26

Hebrew

יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיַחְפְּרוּ ׀ יַחְדָּו שְׂמֵחֵי רָעָתִי יִֽלְבְּשׁוּ־בֹשֶׁת וּכְלִמָּה הַֽמַּגְדִּילִים עָלָֽי׃

yevoshv-veyacheferv- -yachedav-shemechey-ra'atiy-yileveshv-voshet-vkhelimah-hamagediyliym-'alay

KJV: Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

AKJV: Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at my hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.

ASV: Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt:

YLT: They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are rejoicing at my evil. They put on shame and confusion, Who are magnifying themselves against me.

Exposition: Psalms 35:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:27

Hebrew

יָרֹנּוּ וְיִשְׂמְחוּ חֲפֵצֵי צִדְקִי וְיֹאמְרוּ תָמִיד יִגְדַּל יְהוָה הֶחָפֵץ שְׁלוֹם עַבְדּֽוֹ׃

yaronv-veyishemechv-chafetzey-tzideqiy-veyo'merv-tamiyd-yigedal-yehvah-hechafetz-shelvom-'avedvo

KJV: Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

AKJV: Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause: yes, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

ASV: Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause:

YLT: They sing and rejoice, who are desiring my righteousness, And they say continually, `Jehovah is magnified, Who is desiring the peace of His servant.'

Exposition: Psalms 35:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 35:28

Hebrew

וּלְשׁוֹנִי תֶּהְגֶּה צִדְקֶךָ כָּל־הַיּוֹם תְּהִלָּתֶֽךָ׃

vleshvoniy-tehegeh-tzideqekha-khal-hayvom-tehilatekha

KJV: And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

AKJV: And my tongue shall speak of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long.

ASV: And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness

YLT: And my tongue uttereth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy praise!

Exposition: Psalms 35:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.