¹⁵⁴ Plead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me.

⁹ The indignation of Jehovah I do bear, For I have sinned against Him, Till that He doth plead my cause, And hath executed my judgment, He doth bring me forth to the light, I look on His righteousness.

¹⁵ And Jehovah hath been for judge, and hath judged between me and thee, yea, he seeth and pleadeth my cause, and doth deliver me out of thy hand.'

¹ By David. Strive, Jehovah, with my strivers, fight with my fighters,

¹ My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one,

³⁶ Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am pleading thy cause, And I have avenged thy vengeance, And dried up its sea, and made its fountains dry.

³⁴ Their Redeemer `is' strong, Jehovah of Hosts `is' His name, He doth thoroughly plead their cause, So as to cause the land to rest, And He hath given trouble to the inhabitants of Babylon.

²⁰ And O Jehovah of Hosts, judging righteousness, Trying reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance against them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.'

²³ For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.

⁴⁰ Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,

²⁵ `Daleth.' Cleaved to the dust hath my soul, Quicken me according to Thy word.

¹ Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,

⁸ Yet I -- I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,