Psalms 35:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice [due] unto me, [Even] unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הָעִ֣ירָה וְ֭הָקִיצָה לְמִשְׁפָּטִ֑י אֱלֹהַ֖י וַֽאדֹנָ֣י לְרִיבִֽי׃

Transliteration

Hāʿîrāh wə-hāqîṣāh lə-mišpāṭî; ʾĔlōhay wa-ʾdōnāy lə-rîbî.

Grammar Details

*Hāʿîrāh*: hiphil imperative, masculine singular - rouse yourself
*wə*: conjunction - and
*hāqîṣāh*: hiphil imperative, masculine singular - awake
*lə*: preposition - for
*mišpāṭî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my justice
*ʾĔlōhay*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my God
*wa*: conjunction - and
*ʾdōnāy*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my Lord
*rîbî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my cause

Word Meanings

*Hāʿîrāh*: rouse yourself/stir yourself/awaken
*hāqîṣāh*: awake/wake up
*mišpāṭî*: my justice/judgment/legal right
*ʾĔlōhay*: my God/deity
*ʾdōnāy*: my Lord/Master
*rîbî*: my cause/case/dispute/controversy

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About this Translation

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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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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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.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
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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

Ps 44:23 : 23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
Ps 7:6 : 6 Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.
Ps 80:2 : 2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us.
Ps 89:26 : 26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.
Ps 142:5 : 5 I cried unto thee, O Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.
Isa 51:9 : 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Is it not thou that didst cut Rahab in pieces, that didst pierce the monster?
John 20:28 : 28 {G2532} Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
Ps 59:4 : 4 They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: Awake thou to help me, and behold.

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