Psalm 35:2
New International Version
Take up shield and armor; arise and come to my aid.

New Living Translation
Put on your armor, and take up your shield. Prepare for battle, and come to my aid.

English Standard Version
Take hold of shield and buckler and rise for my help!

Berean Standard Bible
Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.

King James Bible
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

New King James Version
Take hold of shield and buckler, And stand up for my help.

New American Standard Bible
Take hold of buckler and shield And rise up as my help.

NASB 1995
Take hold of buckler and shield And rise up for my help.

NASB 1977
Take hold of buckler and shield, And rise up for my help.

Legacy Standard Bible
Take hold of shield and large shield And rise up for my help.

Amplified Bible
Take hold of shield and buckler (small shield), And stand up for my help.

Christian Standard Bible
Take your shields—large and small — and come to my aid.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Take Your shields—large and small— and come to my aid.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Take arms and a shield and stand up for my help.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Take hold of shield and buckler, and arise for my help.

Contemporary English Version
Shield me and help me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Take hold of arms and shield : and rise up to help me.

English Revised Version
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Use your shields, [both] small and large. Arise to help me.

Good News Translation
Take your shield and armor and come to my rescue.

International Standard Version
Take up the buckler and the shield, and rise up to help me.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Take hold of shield and buckler, And rise up to my help.

Literal Standard Version
Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise for my help,

Majority Standard Bible
Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.

New American Bible
Take up the shield and buckler; rise up in my defense.

NET Bible
Grab your small shield and large shield, and rise up to help me!

New Revised Standard Version
Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise up to help me!

New Heart English Bible
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.

Webster's Bible Translation
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.

World English Bible
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.

Young's Literal Translation
Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise for my help,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Contend with My Opponents
1Of David. Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me. 2Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid. 3Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”…

Cross References
Psalm 44:26
Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.

Psalm 91:4
He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.


Treasury of Scripture

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

Psalm 7:12,13
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready…

Exodus 15:3
The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.

Deuteronomy 32:41,42
If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me…

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Psalm 35
1. David prays for his own safety, and his enemies' confusion
11. He complains of their wrongful dealing
22. Thereby he incites God against them














(2) Shield and buckler.--Better, buckler and shield, as the first (Heb., magen) suggests a small, the latter (tsinnah) a large shield covering the whole body. Greek, ?????? (see Note, Psalm 5:12.) Notice that the poet, in the intensity of his purpose, overlooks the anomaly of arming a warrior with two shields at once. The bold flight of imagination that could picture the Divine Being as a warrior, a picture common in Hebrew poetry, but here more vividly realised than anywhere else except Isaiah 63:1, may well excuse such a lapse.

Verse 2. - Take hold of shield and buckler. "The shield (magen) was a smaller hand-weapon; the buckler (tsinnah)covered the whole body" (Kay). The "shield and buckler" are put forward first, because it is primarily defence and protection that David needs. His adversaries are the aggressors; he is on the defensive; Saul is hunting him upon the mountains. And stand up for mine help (comp. Psalm 7:6). Standing is the natural posture of one who interposes to help another.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Take up
הַחֲזֵ֣ק (ha·ḥă·zêq)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

Your shield
מָגֵ֣ן (mā·ḡên)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 4043: A shield, a protector, the scaly hide of the crocodile

and buckler;
וְצִנָּ֑ה (wə·ṣin·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6793: A hook, a, shield, cold

arise and come
וְ֝ק֗וּמָה (wə·qū·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

to my aid.
בְּעֶזְרָתִֽי׃ (bə·‘ez·rā·ṯî)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5833: Help, helper, assistance


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