AB - Psalms - 35

35:1  Judge, O Lord, those that injure me, fight against them that fight against me.

35:2  Take hold of shield and buckler, and arise for my help.

35:3  Bring forth a sword, and stop the way against them that persecute me; say to my soul, I am your salvation.

35:4  Let them that seek my soul be ashamed and confounded; let them that devise evils against me be turned back and put to shame.

35:5  Let them be as dust before the wind, and an angel of the Lord afflicting them.

35:6  Let their way be dark and slippery, and an angel of the Lord persecuting them.

35:7  For without cause they have hid for me their destructive snare; without a cause they have reproached my soul.

35:8  Let a snare which they know not come upon them; and the net which they hid take them; and let them fall into the very same snare.

35:9  But my soul shall exalt in the Lord; it shall delight in His salvation.

35:10  All my bones shall say, O Lord, who is like You? Delivering the poor out of the hand of them that are stronger than he, yea, the poor and needy one from them that spoil him.

35:11  Unjust witnesses arose, and asked me of things I knew not.

35:12  They rewarded me evil for good, and bereavement to my soul.

35:13  But I, when they troubled me, put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer shall return to my own bosom.

35:14  I behaved agreeably towards them as if it had been our neighbor or brother; I humbled myself as one mourning and sad of countenance.

35:15  Yet they rejoiced against me, and plagues were plentifully brought against me, and I knew it not; they were scattered, but repented not.

35:16  They tempted me, they sneered at me most contemptuously, they gnashed their teeth upon me.

35:17  O Lord, when will You look upon me? Deliver my soul from their mischief, my only begotten one from the lions.

35:18  I will give thanks to You even in a great congregation; in an abundant people I will praise You.

35:19  Let not them that are my enemies rejoice against me without a cause; who hate me for nothing, and wink with their eyes.

35:20  For to me they spoke peaceably, but imagined deceits in their anger.

35:21  And they opened wide their mouth upon me; they said Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it.

35:22  You have seen it, O Lord; keep not silence; O Lord, withdraw not Yourself from me.

35:23  Awake, O Lord, and attend to my judgment, even to my cause, my God and my Lord.

35:24  Judge me, O Lord, according to Your righteousness, O Lord my God; and let them not rejoice against me.

35:25  Let them not say in their hearts, Aha, aha, it is pleasing to our soul; neither let them say, We have devoured him.

35:26  Let them be confounded and ashamed together that rejoice at my afflictions; let them be clothed with shame and confusion that speak great swelling words against me.

35:27  Let them that rejoice in my righteousness exalt and be glad; and let them say continually, The Lord be magnified, who desires the peace of His servant.

35:28  And my tongue shall meditate on Your righteousness, and on Your praise all the day.