Psalm 35:10

Translations

Modern

All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”

Traditional

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?

Literal

All my bones will say, “O YHWH, who is like You?—Snatching the afflicted from the one stronger than he, and the afflicted one and the needy one from the one plundering him.”

Latin

Omnia ossa mea dicent: Domine, quis similis tibi? eripiens inopem de manu fortiorum ejus; egenum et pauperem a diripientibus eum.

Original

Hebrew

English

All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”

Notes

Psalms 35:10

Nothing in the universe can compare with the Lord (see Psalms 86:8; 89:6, 8; Isaiah 40:18, 25).

Psalms 35:4–10

The psalmist desires the Lord's salvation. The language may seem harsh, but it comes from a wish for justice and for the Lord to help the needy and oppressed.

Psalms 35:1–28

In this lament, the Lord's troubled servant asks God to notice his situation and defend him.

Theme notes and profiles

David Concern for the Poor The Poor and Needy in the Psalms

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Psalm 71:19
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O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.
Psalm 51:8
Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
Psalm 18:17
He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
Psalm 22:14
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
Psalm 34:20
He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.
Psalm 38:3
There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
Psalm 32:3
When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
Psalm 10:14
But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

Glossary

David Imprecatory Psalms Music Poor, the Psalms, Book of

Topics

Enemy: General Scriptures Concerning Exploitation Faith: Exemplified Poor: God's Care of Thankfulness: Exemplified The Poor: God: Delivers

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