24 Vindicate me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness;
And let them not rejoice over me.

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24 Vindicate me in your righteousness, Lord my God;
    do not let them gloat(A) over me.

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Prayer to God in Time of Trouble

43 Vindicate (A)me, O God,
And (B)plead my cause against an ungodly nation;
Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!

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Psalm 43[a]

Vindicate me, my God,
    and plead my cause(A)
    against an unfaithful nation.
Rescue me(B) from those who are
    deceitful and wicked.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 43:1 In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm.

A Prayer for Divine Scrutiny and Redemption

A Psalm of David.

26 Vindicate (A)me, O Lord,
For I have (B)walked in my integrity.
(C)I have also trusted in the Lord;
I shall not slip.

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Psalm 26

Of David.

Vindicate me,(A) Lord,
    for I have led a blameless life;(B)
I have trusted(C) in the Lord
    and have not faltered.(D)

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The Lord shall judge the peoples;
(A)Judge me, O Lord, (B)according to my righteousness,
And according to my integrity within me.

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    Let the Lord judge(A) the peoples.
Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,(B)
    according to my integrity,(C) O Most High.(D)

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19 (A)Let them not rejoice over me who are wrongfully my enemies;
Nor let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.

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19 Do not let those gloat over me
    who are my enemies(A) without cause;
do not let those who hate me without reason(B)
    maliciously wink the eye.(C)

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22 “Who(A) committed no sin,
Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;

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22 “He committed no sin,(A)
    and no deceit was found in his mouth.”[a](B)

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  1. 1 Peter 2:22 Isaiah 53:9

(A)since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with [a]tribulation those who trouble you,

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  1. 2 Thessalonians 1:6 affliction

God is just:(A) He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you(B)

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20 (A)The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands
He has recompensed me.
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For all His judgments were before me,
And I did not put away His statutes from me.
23 I was also blameless [a]before Him,
And I kept myself from my iniquity.
24 (B)Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

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  1. Psalm 18:23 with

20 The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness;(A)
    according to the cleanness of my hands(B) he has rewarded me.(C)
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord;(D)
    I am not guilty of turning(E) from my God.
22 All his laws are before me;(F)
    I have not turned away from his decrees.
23 I have been blameless(G) before him
    and have kept myself from sin.
24 The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,(H)
    according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

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(A)That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the hypocrite is but for a (B)moment?

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that the mirth of the wicked(A) is brief,
    the joy of the godless(B) lasts but a moment.(C)

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