King James Version
Psalms 35:24 in the King James Version says “Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 35 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.”
Psalms 35:24 · KJV
This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. Ah: Heb. Ah, ah, our soul
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Judge”
H8199to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
“according to thy righteousness”
H6664the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
“my God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“and let them not rejoice”
H8055probably to brighten up, i.e., (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
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