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Psalms 35

¹A Psalm of David. Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; Fight against those who fight against me.

²Take hold of shield and buckler ([1] small shield), And stand up for my help.

³Draw also the spear and javelin to meet those who pursue me. Say to my soul, "I am your salvation."

⁴Let those be ashamed and dishonored who seek my life; Let those be turned back [in defeat] and humiliated who plot evil against me.

⁵Let them be [blown away] like chaff before the wind [worthless, without substance], With the angel of the LORD driving them on.

⁶Let their way be dark and slippery, With the angel of the LORD pursuing and harassing them.

⁷For without cause they hid their net for me; Without cause they dug a pit [of destruction] for my life.

⁸Let destruction come upon my enemy by surprise; Let the net he hid for me catch him; Into that very destruction let him fall.

⁹Then my soul shall rejoice in the LORD; It shall rejoice in His salvation.

¹⁰All my bones will say, "LORD, who is like You, Who rescues the afflicted from him who is too strong for him [to resist alone], And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?"

¹¹Malicious witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I do not know.

¹²They repay me evil for good, To the sorrow of my soul.

¹³But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth (mourning garment); I humbled my soul with fasting, And I prayed with my head bowed on my chest.

¹⁴I behaved as if grieving for my friend or my brother; I bowed down in mourning, as one who sorrows for his mother.

¹⁵But in my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together [against me]; The slanderers whom I did not know gathered against me; They slandered and reviled me without ceasing.

¹⁶Like godless jesters at a feast, They gnashed at me with their teeth [in malice].

¹⁷LORD, how long will You look on [without action]? Rescue my life from their destructions, My only life from the young lions.

¹⁸I will give You thanks in the great congregation; I will praise You among a mighty people.

¹⁹Do not let those who are wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me; Nor let those who hate me without cause wink their eye [maliciously].

²⁰For they do not speak peace, But they devise deceitful words [half-truths and lies] against those who are quiet in the land.

²¹They open their mouths wide against me; They say, "Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!"

²²You have seen this, O LORD; do not keep silent. O Lord, do not be far from me.

²³Wake Yourself up, and arise to my right And to my cause, my God and my Lord.

²⁴Judge me, O LORD my God, according to Your righteousness and justice; And do not let them rejoice over me.

²⁵Do not let them say in their heart, "Aha, that is what we wanted!" Do not let them say, "We have swallowed him up and destroyed him."

²⁶Let those be ashamed and humiliated together who rejoice at my distress; Let those be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves over me.

²⁷Let them shout for joy and rejoice, who favor my vindication and want what is right for me; Let them say continually, "Let the LORD be magnified, who delights and takes pleasure in the prosperity of His servant."

²⁸And my tongue shall declare Your righteousness (justice), And Your praise all the day long.