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Psalms 35:1
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Psalms 35:1
1PLEAD my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
1¶ Plead my cause (O LORD) with them that striue with mee: fight against them that fight against me.
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Psalms 35:1
To discuss, defend and attempt to maintain by arguments or reasons offered to the tribunal or person who has the power of determining. In Scripture, to plead the cause of the righteous, as God, is to avenge or vindicate them against enemies, or to redress their grievances.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A reason, ground, matter in dispute, or judicial case; as a verb, to make something happen.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
To contend, struggle, labour earnestly, or exert oneself toward an object.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A battle, struggle, or contest; as a verb, to contend.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
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Open the full verse study1JUDGE me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
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Open the full verse study36Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
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Open the full verse study154Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
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Open the full verse study25But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
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Open the full verse study23For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
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Open the full verse study11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
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Open the full verse study58O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
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Open the full verse study15The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
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Open the full verse study39But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
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Open the full verse study25And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
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Open the full verse study9And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees’ part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
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Open the full verse study9I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
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Open the full verse study20In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
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Open the full verse study42And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.
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