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Chapter 35
Psal NHEBJE 35:1  Contend, Jehovah, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.
Psal NHEBJE 35:2  Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.
Psal NHEBJE 35:3  Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, "I am your salvation."
Psal NHEBJE 35:4  Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.
Psal NHEBJE 35:5  Let them be as chaff before the wind, Jehovah's angel driving them on.
Psal NHEBJE 35:6  Let their way be dark and slippery, Jehovah's angel pursuing them.
Psal NHEBJE 35:7  For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
Psal NHEBJE 35:8  Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.
Psal NHEBJE 35:9  My soul shall be joyful in Jehovah. It shall rejoice in his salvation.
Psal NHEBJE 35:10  All my bones shall say, "Jehovah, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?"
Psal NHEBJE 35:11  Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I do not know about.
Psal NHEBJE 35:12  They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.
Psal NHEBJE 35:13  But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into my own bosom.
Psal NHEBJE 35:14  I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.
Psal NHEBJE 35:15  But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I did not know it. They tore at me, and did not cease.
Psal NHEBJE 35:16  Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.
Psal NHEBJE 35:17  Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.
Psal NHEBJE 35:18  I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.
Psal NHEBJE 35:19  Do not let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause and wink their eyes.
Psal NHEBJE 35:20  For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
Psal NHEBJE 35:21  Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, "Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!"
Psal NHEBJE 35:22  You have seen it, Jehovah. Do not keep silent. Lord, do not be far from me.
Psal NHEBJE 35:23  Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!
Psal NHEBJE 35:24  Vindicate me, Jehovah my God, according to your righteousness. Do not let them gloat over me.
Psal NHEBJE 35:25  Do not let them say in their heart, "Aha! That's the way we want it!" Do not let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"
Psal NHEBJE 35:26  Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.
Psal NHEBJE 35:27  Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause. Yes, let them say continually, "Jehovah be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!"
Psal NHEBJE 35:28  My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.