What does Psalm 35:19 mean?

Psalm 35:19 highlights themes such as enemies, justice, vindication when read in context.

How should I apply Psalm 35:19 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

17Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

18I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

20For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

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Psalm 69:4
Both verses express the anguish of being wrongfully persecuted by enemies.
John 15:25
Jesus quotes the psalmist to illustrate that hatred without cause is a reality for Him.
Romans 12:19
Paul teaches not to seek revenge, resonating with the psalmist's desire for justice.