In Psalms, verse thirty-five, verse four, the New Testament believer may use this prayer to call God to contend with our greatest enemy, Satan, and as a testimony of our hatred of sin and evil.
The theme under the plea for judgment depicts a call for justice against the evil one and his crew, whom he uses to hinder and wrestle against the saints of God. The individuals that the devil uses are unbelievers who do not serve God or lukewarm believers who have some form of envy or dislike toward them. They can be neighbors, co-workers, friends, relatives or family members, strangers, authorities, or any representative from any institution we encounter. The enemy plans to disrupt and stop the progress of life against the believer. In the first part of John ten, verse ten, “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.”
How do believers respond? “Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him,” as in Hebrews ten, verse thirty-eight. The saints of God must not idle about a situation like this and do nothing but fight back in prayer. Believers must do as the first verse of Psalms thirty-five, verse one, “Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.” The people cannot go into pity-party mode and feel sorry for themselves when the enemy has no mercy upon the righteous.
Believers should remember this is a fight to the end, not physical but spiritual. In Second Chronicles twenty, verse fifteen, “Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s. Believers must believe and take action to get justice to overcome injustice.