Psalms 35
35
A psalm of David.
1O Lord, oppose those who oppose me.
Fight those who fight against me.
2Put on your armor, and take up your shield.
Prepare for battle, and come to my aid.
3Lift up your spear and javelin
against those who pursue me.
Let me hear you say,
“I will give you victory!”
4Bring shame and disgrace on those trying to kill me;
turn them back and humiliate those who want to harm me.
5Blow them away like chaff in the wind—
a wind sent by the angel of the Lord.
6Make their path dark and slippery,
with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.
7I did them no wrong, but they laid a trap for me.
I did them no wrong, but they dug a pit to catch me.
8So let sudden ruin come upon them!
Let them be caught in the trap they set for me!
Let them be destroyed in the pit they dug for me.
9Then I will rejoice in the Lord.
I will be glad because he rescues me.
10With every bone in my body I will praise him:
“Lord, who can compare with you?
Who else rescues the helpless from the strong?
Who else protects the helpless and poor from those who rob them?”
11Malicious witnesses testify against me.
They accuse me of crimes I know nothing about.
12They repay me evil for good.
I am sick with despair.
13Yet when they were ill, I grieved for them.
I denied myself by fasting for them,
but my prayers returned unanswered.
14I was sad, as though they were my friends or family,
as if I were grieving for my own mother.
15But they are glad now that I am in trouble;
they gleefully join together against me.
I am attacked by people I don’t even know;
they slander me constantly.
16They mock me and call me names;
they snarl at me.
17How long, O Lord, will you look on and do nothing?
Rescue me from their fierce attacks.
Protect my life from these lions!
18Then I will thank you in front of the great assembly.
I will praise you before all the people.
19Don’t let my treacherous enemies rejoice over my defeat.
Don’t let those who hate me without cause gloat over my sorrow.
20They don’t talk of peace;
they plot against innocent people who mind their own business.
21They shout, “Aha! Aha!
With our own eyes we saw him do it!”
22O Lord, you know all about this.
Do not stay silent.
Do not abandon me now, O Lord.
23Wake up! Rise to my defense!
Take up my case, my God and my Lord.
24Declare me not guilty, O Lord my God, for you give justice.
Don’t let my enemies laugh about me in my troubles.
25Don’t let them say, “Look, we got what we wanted!
Now we will eat him alive!”
26May those who rejoice at my troubles
be humiliated and disgraced.
May those who triumph over me
be covered with shame and dishonor.
27But give great joy to those who came to my defense.
Let them continually say, “Great is the Lord,
who delights in blessing his servant with peace!”
28Then I will proclaim your justice,
and I will praise you all day long.
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Psalms 35
35
PSALM 35
A Psalm of David.
1Strive, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me; fight against them that fight against me: 2Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help; 3And draw out the spear, and stop the way against my pursuers: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. 4Let them be put to shame and confounded that seek after my life; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion that devise my hurt: 5Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of Jehovah drive them away; 6Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of Jehovah pursue them. 7For without cause have they hidden for me their net in a pit; without cause they have digged it for my soul. 8Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for destruction let him fall therein. 9And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah; it shall rejoice in his salvation. 10All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, who deliverest the afflicted from one stronger than he, yea, the afflicted and the needy from him that spoileth him!
11Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they lay to my charge things which I know not. 12They reward me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul. 13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I chastened my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into mine own bosom: 14I behaved myself as though he had been a friend, a brother to me; I bowed down in sadness, as one that mourneth for a mother. 15But at my halting they rejoiced, and gathered together: the slanderers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not: 16With profane jesters for bread, they have gnashed their teeth against me.
17Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my only one from the young lions. 18I will give thee thanks in the great congregation; I will praise thee among much people. 19Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; let them not wink with the eye that hate me without cause. 20For they speak not peace; and they devise deceitful words against the quiet in the land. 21And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen it. 22Thou hast seen it, Jehovah: keep not silence; O Lord, be not far from me. 23Stir up thyself, and awake for my right, for my cause, my God#GodHebrew: Elohim and Lord! 24Judge me, Jehovah my God#GodHebrew: Elohim according to thy righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me. 25Let them not say in their heart, Aha! so would we have it. Let them not say, We have swallowed him up. 26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine adversity; let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me. 27Let them exult and rejoice that delight in my righteousness; and let them say continually, Jehovah be magnified, who delighteth in the prosperity of his servant. 28And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness, and of thy praise, all the day.
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.