The main element of this, the third section of the psalm, is prayer. Complaint finds a voice in Psalms 35:20, Psalms 35:21, and thanksgiving in Psalms 35:28; but with these exceptions, the strophe is one long strain of prayer.
The prayer is, first, negative: "Let not mine enemies rejoice" (Psalms 35:19); "Keep not silence" (Psalms 35:22); "Be not far from me" (Psalms 35:22). But after this it becomes mainly positive: "Stir up thyself, and awake to judgment" (Psalms 35:23); "Judge me, O Lord" (Psalms 35:24); "Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion that rejoice at my hurt" (Psalms 35:26); "Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause" (Psalms 35:27); "Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in my prosperity" (Psalms 35:27).