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Psalms 35
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
Contend, LORD, with those who contend with me.
Of David. Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.
Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me.
Draw the spear and javelin (note: Or and close the way) against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”
Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonour.
May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
Let them be as chaff before the wind,
May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.
Let their way be dark and slippery,
May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.
For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me.
For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
Let destruction come on him unawares.
May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
My soul shall be joyful in the LORD.
Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation.
All my bones shall say, “LORD, who is like you,
All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
Unrighteous witnesses rise up.
Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth.
Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother.
I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together.
But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
Like the profane mockers in feasts,
Like godless jesters at a feast (note: Or Like a godless circle of mockers,), they gnashed their teeth at me.
Lord, how long will you look on?
How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
I will give you thanks in the great assembly.
Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.
Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me;
Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
For they don’t speak peace,
For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me.
They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
You have seen it, LORD. Don’t keep silent.
O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God!
Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
Vindicate me, LORD my God, according to your righteousness.
Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!”
Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity.
May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
Let those who favour my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad.
May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”
My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.
Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.