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What the Fathers say

Psalms 35:24

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"Judge me, O Lord, according to My righteousness" [Psalm 35:24]; that is, attend to My cause. Not according to My punishment, but "according to My righteousness, O Lord, My God," that is, according to this judge Thou Me. "And let them not rejoice over Me;" that is, Mine enemies.

Exposition on Psalm 35 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

As to the third, he says, "Judge me." One text has, "according to your justice"; another text has, "Judge me according to my justice." The first amounts to the same thing, as if he were saying: judge me according to your law and justice; for the justice of God is to render to each according to his merits, and it cannot be deceived or deflected from the truth, Rom. 2: "The judgment of God is according to truth." "According to my justice," namely which I have followed. …

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗