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Psalm 35:24

Vindicate me, LORD my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.

22You have seen it, LORD. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.
23Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!
24Vindicate me, LORD my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.
25Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!” Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”
26Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.
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Notice

“Don’t let them gloat over me” names the humiliation of others enjoying your distress, while the plea for vindication rests on God’s righteousness.

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Where else Scripture says this

8 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 43:1Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.Both prayers ask God for vindication against opponents, appealing to him to take up the speaker’s cause.
Genesis 30:6Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.Both concern God’s judgment on a person’s behalf, though Rachel reports an answer while David is still asking for vindication.
Psalm 26:1By David. Judge me, LORD, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in the LORD without wavering.Both appeal to the LORD for judgment; Psalm 26 names the speaker’s integrity, while Psalm 35 appeals to God’s righteousness.
Psalm 7:8The LORD administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, LORD, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.Both ask the LORD to judge, though Psalm 7 appeals to the speaker’s righteousness and Psalm 35 to God’s righteousness.
2 Thessalonians 1:6For it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,Both connect God’s righteousness with justice against those who cause suffering, with Psalm 35 expressing that hope as a plea.
Psalm 35:19Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.Both plead that enemies would be denied the pleasure of rejoicing over the speaker.
1 Peter 2:22who didn’t sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.”The link is limited: Psalm 35 appeals to God’s righteousness, while Peter speaks of sinlessness and freedom from deceit.
Job 20:5that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?Both mention hostile triumph, though Psalm 35 pleads against gloating and Job 20 describes the wicked’s joy as brief.
Where this verse fits

Injustice and anger. work conflict. church hurt.

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Encouragement

You do not have to make humiliation sound small when you pray. David asks God to defend him, and grounds that request in God’s righteousness.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).