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
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Psalm 35
A Psalm of David.
1¶ Plead my cause, O Lord, with those that strive with me; fight against those that fight against me.
2Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up in my help.
3Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against those that persecute me; say unto my soul; I am thy saving health.
4Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul; let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
5Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
6Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.
7For without cause they have hid their net for me in a pit, which without cause they have dug for my soul.
8Let destruction come upon him at unawares, and let his net that he has hid catch himself; into that very destruction let him fall.
9And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord; it shall rejoice in his saving health.
10All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, who delivers the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoils him?
11¶ False witnesses rose up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
12They rewarded me evil for good until my soul was alone.
13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer rose up in my bosom.
14I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother; I bowed down heavily, as one that mourns for his mother.
15But in my adversity they rejoiced and gathered themselves together; yea, the smiters gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they tore me apart and did not cease:
16With immature hypocritical mockers, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
17¶ Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Restore my soul from their destructions, my life from the lions.
18I will give thee thanks in the great congregation; I will praise thee among many people.
19Let not those that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those that hate me wink with the eye without a cause.
20For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful matters against those that are meek in the land.
21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me and said, Aha, aha, our eye has seen it.
22 This thou hast seen, O Lord; do not keep silence; O Lord, do not be far from me.
23Stir up thyself and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
24Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
25Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, 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 my hurt; let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
27Let them shout for joy and be glad that favour my righteous cause; let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, who has pleasure in the peace of his slave.
28And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
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