Psalm 35:19

Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

Cross-references

Psalm 35:15 Contrast

In Psalm 35:15, enemies rejoice at the psalmist's stumbling — the very situation he prays against in verse 19.

Psalm 35:24 Parallel

In Psalm 35:24, the psalmist repeats the plea not to let enemies gloat — reinforcing the same request within the same psalm.

Psalm 25:2 Parallel

In Psalm 25:2, the psalmist asks that enemies not exult over him — identical theme to the prayer here.

Psalm 119:161 says princes persecute me without a cause — echoing the psalmist's experience of groundless hatred.

Psalm 38:16 Parallel

In Psalm 38:16, the psalmist prays that enemies not rejoice over him when he slips — a direct parallel to the same petition here.

Psalm 38:19 Parallel

Psalm 38:19 repeats the exact phrase 'those who hate me without cause' — reinforcing the psalmist's complaint of wrongful enmity.

Psalm 69:4 Parallel

Psalm 69:4 also speaks of those who hate without cause and enemies wrongfully — nearly identical complaint, reinforcing the theme.

Psalm 109:3 Parallel

Psalm 109:3 says enemies fought against me without a cause — same phrase, highlighting unjust persecution.

Psalm 13:4 Parallel

In Psalm 13:4, the psalmist prays that his enemy not rejoice over him — a direct parallel to the same plea here.

Psalm 119:86 uses 'without cause' for persecution — same unjust hatred the psalmist faces in Psalm 35:19.

Psalm 30:1 Parallel

Psalm 30:1 thanks God for not letting enemies gloat — the same deliverance the psalmist prays for in Psalm 35:19.

Lamentations 3:52 uses the exact phrase 'without cause' for enemies hunting the speaker — mirroring the psalmist's complaint of being hated without cause.

John 15:25 Citation

John 15:25 directly quotes this verse as fulfilled in Christ — the world's hatred of Jesus is 'without cause', just as the psalmist experienced.

Proverbs 24:17 warns against gloating over an enemy's fall — the opposite of the psalmist's plea that enemies not gloat over him.

Micah 7:8 Parallel

Micah 7:8 echoes the same cry 'Do not gloat over me, my enemy' — a direct parallel to the psalmist's plea.

Luke 23:35 Typology

In Luke 23:35, the rulers' mockery fulfills the pattern of enemies rejoicing over the righteous sufferer who is hated without cause.

In 1 Peter 2:19, the concept of suffering unjustly echoes David's complaint of being hated without cause, applied to Christian endurance.

In Revelation 11:10, the world's rejoicing over the slain witnesses mirrors David's fear of enemies rejoicing over him.