Psalms 35
35
Prayer for Victory
Davidic.
1Oppose my opponents, Lord;
fight those who fight me. # Ex 14:25; Is 49:25
2Take Your shields — large and small —
and come to my aid. # Ps 5:12; 91:4
3Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers,
and assure me: “I am your deliverance.” # Ps 13:5; 40:17
4Let those who seek to kill me
be disgraced and humiliated;
let those who plan to harm me
be turned back and ashamed. # Ps 40:14; 70:2; 129:5
5Let them be like chaff in the wind,
with the angel of the Lord driving them away. # Jb 21:18; Ps 83:13; Is 29:5
6Let their way be dark and slippery,
with the angel of the Lord pursuing them. # Ps 73:18; Jr 23:12
7They hid their net for me without cause;
they dug a pit for me without cause. # Ps 140:5
8Let ruin come on him unexpectedly,
and let the net that he hid ensnare him;
let him fall into it — to his ruin. # Jb 18:8; Ps 7:15
9Then I will rejoice in the Lord;
I will delight in His deliverance. # Ps 9:14; 13:5
10My very bones will say,
“Lord, who is like You, # Ex 15:11; Ps 86:8; Mc 7:18
rescuing the poor from one too strong for him,
the poor or the needy from one who robs him? ” # Ps 72:12; 82:4
11Malicious witnesses come forward;
they question me about things I do not know. # Ps 27:12; Pr 19:5,9
12They repay me evil for good,
making me desolate. # Ps 38:20; 109:5; Jr 18:20
13Yet when they were sick,
my clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled myself with fasting,
and my prayer was genuine. # Lit prayer returned to my chest # Ps 69:10-11
14I went about grieving as if for my friend or brother;
I was bowed down with grief,
like one mourning a mother. # Ps 38:6
15But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;
they gathered against me.
Assailants I did not know
tore at me and did not stop. # Jb 30:1,8,12; Ob 12
16With godless mockery # Hb obscure
they gnashed their teeth at me. # Jb 16:9; Ps 37:12; Lm 2:16
17Lord, how long will You look on? # Ps 13:1; Hab 1:13
Rescue my life from their ravages,
my only one from the young lions. # Ps 22:20-21
18I will praise You in the great congregation;
I will exalt You among many people. # Ps 22:22,25; 40:9-10; Heb 2:12
19Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me;
do not let those who hate me without cause # Ps 38:19; Jn 15:25
look at me maliciously. # Ps 13:4; 30:1; 38:16
20For they do not speak in friendly ways,
but contrive deceitful schemes # Lit but devise deceitful words
against those who live peacefully in the land. # Ps 55:21; Jr 9:8; Mc 6:12
21They open their mouths wide against me and say,
“Aha, aha! We saw it! ” # Lit Our eyes saw! # Jb 16:10; Ps 22:13; 40:15; 70:3
22You saw it, Lord; do not be silent.
Lord, do not be far from me. # Ps 10:1; 22:11; 28:1
23Wake up and rise to my defense,
to my cause, my God and my Lord! # Ps 7:6; 44:23; 59:4
24Vindicate me, Lord my God,
in keeping with Your righteousness,
and do not let them rejoice over me. # Ps 26:1; 43:1
25Do not let them say in their hearts,
“Aha! Just what we wanted.”
Do not let them say,
“We have swallowed him up! ” # Ps 124:3; Lm 2:16
26Let those who rejoice at my misfortune
be disgraced and humiliated;
let those who exalt themselves over me
be clothed with shame and reproach. # Jb 8:22; Ps 40:14; 109:29
27Let those who want my vindication
shout for joy and be glad;
let them continually say,
“The Lord be exalted.
He takes pleasure in His servant’s well-being.” # Ps 40:16; 70:4
28And my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness,
Your praise all day long. # Ps 71:8,15,24
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Psalms 35
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PSALM 35.
1Unto the end, for the servant of God, David himself.
2The unjust hath said within himself, that he would sin: there is no fear of God before his eyes.
3For in his sight he hath done deceitfully, that his iniquity may be found unto hatred.
4The words of his mouth are iniquity and guile: he would not understand that he might do well.
5He hath devised iniquity on his bed, he hath set himself on every way that is not good: but evil he hath not hated.
6O Lord, thy mercy is in heaven, and thy truth reacheth, even to the clouds.
7Thy justice is as the mountains of God, thy judgments are a great deep. Men and beasts thou wilt preserve, O Lord:
8O how hast thou multiplied thy mercy, O God! But the children of men shall put their trust under the covert of thy wings.
9They shall be inebriated with the plenty of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the torrent of thy pleasure.
10For with thee is the fountain of life; and in thy light we shall see light.
11Extend thy mercy to them that know thee, and thy justice to them that are right in heart.
12Let not the foot of pride come to me, and let not the hand of the sinner move me.
13There the workers of iniquity are fallen, they are cast out, and could not stand.
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