Psalms 35:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Exod 15:3 : 3 Jehovah is a man of war: Jehovah is his name.
Isa 42:13 : 13 Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man; he will stir up [his] zeal like a man of war: he will cry, yea, he will shout aloud; he will do mightily against his enemies.
Deut 32:41-42 : 41 If I whet my glittering sword, And my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the head of the leaders of the enemy.
Ps 7:12-13 : 12 If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery [shafts].
Ps 91:4 : 4 He will cover thee with his pinions, And under his wings shalt thou take refuge: His truth is a shield and a buckler.
Isa 13:5 : 5 They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Jehovah, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 35:1
84%
1[ A Psalm of David.] Strive thou, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me: Fight thou against them that fight against me.
Ps 35:3
81%
3Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that pursue me: Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
Ps 35:22-24
3 verses
76%
22Thou hast seen it, O Jehovah; Keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
23Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice [due] unto me, [Even] unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
24Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me.
Ps 54:3-4
2 verses
75%
3For strangers are risen up against me, And violent men have sought after my soul: They have not set God before them. {H5542}
4Behold, God is my helper: The Lord is of them that uphold my soul.
Jer 46:3-4
2 verses
74%
3Prepare ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
4Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.
Isa 27:5
74%
5Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; [yea], let him make peace with me.
Ps 22:19
74%
19But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.
Ps 3:3
74%
3But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory and the lifter up of my head.
Ps 18:35
74%
35Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; And thy right hand hath holden me up, And thy gentleness hath made me great.
Ps 18:2
74%
2Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
Ps 7:6
74%
6Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.
Ps 17:13
73%
13Arise, O Jehovah, Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;
Ps 18:39
73%
39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Ps 144:2
73%
2My lovingkindness, and my fortress, My high tower, and my deliverer; My shield, and he in whom I take refuge; Who subdueth my people under me.
Ps 30:10
73%
10Hear, O Jehovah, and have mercy upon me: Jehovah, be thou my helper.
Ps 118:13
73%
13Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; But Jehovah helped me.
Ps 59:1
72%
1For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: Set me on high from them that rise up against me.
Ps 31:4
72%
4Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; For thou art my stronghold.
Ps 7:10
72%
10My shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart.
2 Sam 22:40
72%
40For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Ps 59:4
72%
4They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: Awake thou to help me, and behold.
2 Sam 22:3
72%
3God, my rock, in him will I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; My saviour, thou savest me from violence.
Isa 50:8
72%
8He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand up together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
Ps 31:15
72%
15My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Ps 94:16
72%
16Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Ps 40:13
72%
13Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me: Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.
Ps 69:18
72%
18Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.
Ps 118:7
71%
7Jehovah is on my side among them that help me: Therefore shall I see [my desire] upon them that hate me.
Ps 16:1
71%
1Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God; For in thee do I take refuge.
Ps 31:2
71%
2Bow down thine ear unto me; Deliver me speedily: Be thou to me a strong rock, A house of defence to save me.
Ps 109:26
71%
26Help me, O Jehovah my God; Oh save me according to thy lovingkindness:
Ps 71:2
71%
2Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me: Bow down thine ear unto me, and save me.
Ps 28:7
71%
7Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I praise him.
Ps 70:1
71%
1For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David; to bring to remembrance. [Make haste], O God, to deliver me; Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.
Ps 38:21-22
2 verses
71%
21Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.
22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.
Ps 140:7
71%
7O Jehovah the Lord, the strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
2 Sam 22:19
71%
19They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.
2 Sam 22:35
71%
35He teacheth my hands to war, So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
Ps 143:9
71%
9Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
Ps 94:22
71%
22But Jehovah hath been my high tower, And my God the rock of my refuge.
1 Sam 17:41
71%
41And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.
Ps 22:11
70%
11Be not far from me; For trouble is near; For there is none to help.
Jer 18:19
70%
19Give heed to me, O Jehovah, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
Isa 63:5
70%
5And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my wrath, it upheld me.
Eph 6:13
70%
13Wherefore {G5124} take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.