Psalms 35:1

Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and Yahweh had delivered them up?

You shall not fear them; for Yahweh your God himself fights for you.”

Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still.”

One man of you shall chase a thousand; for it is Yahweh your God who fights for you, as he spoke to you.

Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge.

for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”

You have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to all these nations because of you; for it is Yahweh your God who has fought for you.

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come! Let’s go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that Yahweh will work for us; for there is no restraint on Yahweh to save by many or by few.”

He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, put out his hand, took it, and struck a thousand men with it.

These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb Basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; he was called Adino the Eznite, who killed eight hundred at one time.

Tell those who have a fearful heart, “Be strong! Don’t be afraid! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God’s retribution. He will come and save you.

After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck six hundred men of the Philistines with an ox goad. He also saved Israel.

All your children will be taught by Yahweh; and your children’s peace will be great.

I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who treats you with contempt. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

The peoples will take them, and bring them to their place. The house of Israel will possess them in Yahweh’s land for servants and for handmaids. They will take as captives those whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.

For Yahweh says, “After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

It will happen in that day that his burden will depart from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing oil.

It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”

I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done. I say: My counsel will stand, and I will do all that I please.

This will be the plague with which Yahweh will strike all the peoples who have fought against Jerusalem: their flesh will consume away while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will consume away in their sockets, and their tongue will consume away in their mouth.

“Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets; for God has judged your judgment on her.”

Sarai said to Abram, “This wrong is your fault. I gave my servant into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, she despised me. May Yahweh judge between me and you.”

Yahweh your God, who goes before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

Therefore I have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong to war against me. May Yahweh the Judge be judge today between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.”

When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed is Yahweh, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil. Yahweh has returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.” David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to himself as wife.

“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”

Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering.

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh.

But now Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel, says: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.

As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water.

Then Yahweh will go out and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed: that he might destroy the works of the devil.

There was no day like that before it or after it, that Yahweh listened to the voice of a man; for Yahweh fought for Israel.

Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.

I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.

Woe is me because of my injury! My wound is serious; but I said, “Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.”

Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.

He took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, “Let’s flee from the face of Israel, for Yahweh fights for them against the Egyptians!”

May Yahweh judge between me and you, and may Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand will not be on you.

For many fell slain, because the war was of God. They lived in their place until the captivity.

You will not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you.’ ”

Arise, Yahweh! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!

Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.

Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.

The waters will fail from the sea, and the river will be wasted and become dry.

One thousand will flee at the threat of one. At the threat of five, you will flee until you are left like a beacon on the top of a mountain, and like a banner on a hill.

All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up. Certainly this is the day that we looked for. We have found it. We have seen it.”

if, when he sees the sword come on the land, he blows the trumpet, and warns the people;

But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!”

Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds,

The sixth poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates. Its water was dried up, that the way might be prepared for the kings that come from the sunrise.

Therefore in one day her plagues will come: death, mourning, and famine; and she will be utterly burned with fire; for the Lord God who has judged her is strong.

Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally there to us. Our God will fight for us.”

Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.

for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

But Yahweh says, “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the plunder retrieved from the fierce, for I will contend with him who contends with you and I will save your children.

Therefore Yahweh says: “Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

I will bear the indignation of Yahweh, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light. I will see his righteousness.

Joshua took all these kings and their land at one time because Yahweh, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.

May Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.”

Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.

My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.

for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

Your Lord Yahweh, your God who pleads the cause of his people, says, “Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath. You will not drink it any more.

Their Redeemer is strong: Yahweh of Armies is his name. He will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul. You have redeemed my life.

Yahweh, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause.

A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ part stood up, and contended, saying, “We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let’s not fight against God!”