Psalm 35:2

2 Take up shield and armor; arise and come to my aid.

Psalm 35:2 in Other Translations

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

2 Take hold of shield and buckler and rise for my help!

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

2 Grab a weapon, anything at hand; stand up for me!

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

2 Use your shields, [both] small and large. Arise to help me.

2 Take Your shields-large and small- and come to my aid.

2 Pick up your large shields and your small shields. Rise up and help me.

Psalm 35:2 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 35:2

Take hold of shield and buckler
Defensive weapons; not that the Lord stands in need of any of these to defend himself with: but the sense is, that he would be as these to David; as he was to him, and is to all his people; namely, their shield and buckler: he gives unto them the shield of salvation; he encompasses them about with his favour as with a shield, and keeps them by his power safe from all their enemies;

and stand up for mine help;
for which the Lord arises, and stands by his people, and against their enemies, delivering them out of their hands.

Psalm 35:2 In-Context

1 Contend, LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me.

2 Take up shield and armor; arise and come to my aid.

3 Brandish spear and javelinagainst those who pursue me. Say to me, “I am your salvation.”

4 May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plot my ruin be turned back in dismay.

5 May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them away;

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 3:3
• 2. Psalms 3:7; Psalms 62:2
• 3. S Genesis 50:24; S Job 17:3