LITV - Psalms - 35

35:1  A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, contend with those who contend with me; fight those who fight against me.

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

35:3  Draw out the spear and close ranks to meet my pursuers; say to my soul, I am your salvation.

35:4  Let those who seek my soul be ashamed and disgraced; let them be turned back and brought to confusion, those who plot evil to me.

35:5  Let them be as chaff before the wind, and the Angel of Jehovah driving away.

35:6  Let their way be dark and slippery, and the Angel of Jehovah their pursuer.

35:7  For they have hidden their pit-net for me without cause; without cause they have dug for my soul.

35:8  Let destruction come on him; he will not know; and let his net which he concealed catch him; let him fall in it, into destruction.

35:9  And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah; it will rejoice in His salvation.

35:10  All my bones shall say: O Jehovah, who is like You, who delivers the poor from those stronger than he; yes, the poor and needy from his plunderer?

35:11  Witnesses of violence rise up; they asked me what I did not know;

35:12  they rewarded me evil for good, bereaving my soul.

35:13  But in their sickness, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fastings; and my prayer returned to my bosom.

35:14  I walked as a friend, as to my brother; as one who mourns a mother; I was bowed down mourning.

35:15  But they rejoiced in my stumbling, and assembled; the defamers assembled themselves against me, and I knew not; they tore and were not silent,

35:16  with the ungodly, mockers for a cake, gnashing their teeth on me.

35:17  O Lord, how long will You look on? Draw back my soul from their desolations, my only one from the lions.

35:18  I will thank You in the great assembly, and I will praise You among a mighty people.

35:19  Let not my lying enemies rejoice over me, do not let those who hate me without cause wink with the eye.

35:20  For they do not speak peace; but they devise deceitful things against the quiet ones of the earth.

35:21  And they open their mouth wide against me; they say, Aha! Aha! Our eyes have seen.

35:22  You have seen, O Jehovah; do not keep silence, O Lord, do not be far from me.

35:23  Stir Yourself and awaken to my judgment, to my cause, my God and my Lord.

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

35:25  Let them not say in their hearts, Aha! Our soul! Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

35:26  Let them be ashamed and be confounded together, the ones who rejoice at my evil; let them be clothed with shame and dishonor, the ones who magnify themselves against me.

35:27  Let those who delight in my justification shout and rejoice; and they shall say without ceasing: Jehovah be magnified, delighting in the peace of His servant.

35:28  And my tongue will speak of Your righteousness and of Your praise all the day.