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Chapter 35
Psal GodsWord 35:1  O LORD, attack those who attack me. Fight against those who fight against me.
Psal GodsWord 35:2  Use your shields, both small and large. Arise to help me.
Psal GodsWord 35:3  Hold your spear to block the way of those who pursue me. Say to my soul, "I am your savior."
Psal GodsWord 35:4  Let those who seek my life be put to shame and disgraced. Let those who plan my downfall be turned back in confusion.
Psal GodsWord 35:5  Let them be like husks blown by the wind as the Messenger of the LORD chases them.
Psal GodsWord 35:6  Let their path be dark and slippery as the Messenger of the LORD pursues them.
Psal GodsWord 35:7  For no reason they hid their net in a pit. For no reason they dug the pit to trap me.
Psal GodsWord 35:8  Let destruction surprise them. Let the net that they hid catch them. Let them fall into their own pit and be destroyed.
Psal GodsWord 35:9  My soul will find joy in the LORD and be joyful about his salvation.
Psal GodsWord 35:10  All my bones will say, "O LORD, who can compare with you? You rescue the weak person from the one who is too strong for him and weak and needy people from the one who robs them."
Psal GodsWord 35:11  Malicious people bring charges against me. They ask me things I know nothing about.
Psal GodsWord 35:12  I am devastated because they pay me back with evil instead of good.
Psal GodsWord 35:13  But when they were sick, I wore sackcloth. I humbled myself with fasting. When my prayer returned unanswered,
Psal GodsWord 35:14  I walked around as if I were mourning for my friend or my brother. I was bent over as if I were mourning for my mother.
Psal GodsWord 35:15  Yet, when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together. They gathered together against me. Unknown attackers tore me apart without stopping.
Psal GodsWord 35:16  With crude and abusive mockers, they grit their teeth at me.
Psal GodsWord 35:17  O Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue me from their attacks. Rescue my precious life from the lions.
Psal GodsWord 35:18  I will give you thanks in a large gathering. I will praise you in a crowd of worshipers.
Psal GodsWord 35:19  Do not let my treacherous enemies gloat over me. Do not let those who hate me for no reason wink at me.
Psal GodsWord 35:20  They do not talk about peace. Instead, they scheme against the peaceful people in the land.
Psal GodsWord 35:21  They open their big mouths and say about me, "Aha! Aha! Our own eyes have seen it."
Psal GodsWord 35:22  You have seen it, O LORD. Do not remain silent. O Lord, do not be so far away from me.
Psal GodsWord 35:23  Wake up, and rise to my defense. Plead my case, O my God and my Lord.
Psal GodsWord 35:24  Judge me by your righteousness, O LORD my God. Do not let them gloat over me
Psal GodsWord 35:25  or think, "Aha, just what we wanted!" Do not let them say, "We have swallowed him up."
Psal GodsWord 35:26  Let those who gloat over my downfall be thoroughly put to shame and confused. Let those who promote themselves at my expense be clothed with shame and disgrace.
Psal GodsWord 35:27  Let those who are happy when I am declared innocent joyfully sing and rejoice. Let them continually say, "The LORD is great. He is happy when his servant has peace."
Psal GodsWord 35:28  Then my tongue will tell about your righteousness, about your praise all day long.