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Chapter 35
Psal Noyes 35:1  Contend, O LORD! with them that contend with me! Fight against them that fight against me!
Psal Noyes 35:2  Take hold of shield and buckler, And stand up for my help!
Psal Noyes 35:3  Draw forth the spear and the axe against my persecutors; Say to me, "I am thy salvation."
Psal Noyes 35:4  May they be confounded and put to shame, who seek my life; May they be turned back with disgrace, who devise my hurt!
Psal Noyes 35:5  May they be like dust before the wind; May the angel of the LORD drive them!
Psal Noyes 35:6  May their way be dark and slippery, And may the angel of the LORD pursue them!
Psal Noyes 35:7  For without cause they have laid for me a snare; Without cause they have digged for me a pit.
Psal Noyes 35:8  May unforeseen destruction come upon them! May the snare which they have laid lay hold on themselves, And may they fall into destruction!
Psal Noyes 35:9  Then shall my soul rejoice in the LORD; It shall exult in his protection.
Psal Noyes 35:10  All my bones shall say, Who, O LORD! is like thee, Who dost rescue the afflicted from the oppressor, The afflicted and destitute from the spoiler?
Psal Noyes 35:11  False witnesses have risen up; They charge me with that which has not entered my mind.
Psal Noyes 35:12  They repay me evil for good; They cause bereavement to my soul.
Psal Noyes 35:13  And yet I, during their sickness, clothed myself with sackcloth, And afflicted myself with fasting; And my prayer was turned to my bosom.
Psal Noyes 35:14  I behaved myself as if he had been my friend or brother; I bowed down in sadness, as one mourning for his mother.
Psal Noyes 35:15  But at my fall they rejoice, and gather themselves together; Revilers whom I know not assemble themselves against me; They tear me without ceasing.
Psal Noyes 35:16  With base men who mock for their bread, They gnash at me with their teeth.
Psal Noyes 35:17  How long, O LORD! wilt thou look on? O rescue my life from the destruction they plot for me; My precious life from these young lions!
Psal Noyes 35:18  I will thank thee in the great assembly! Before a numerous people I will praise thee.
Psal Noyes 35:19  Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully triumph over me; Let them not wink with the eye, who hate me without cause!
Psal Noyes 35:20  For they speak not peace; They devise deceit against them that are quiet in the land.
Psal Noyes 35:21  Yea, they open their mouths wide against me; They say, "Aha, aha! our eyes seeth it."
Psal Noyes 35:22  Thou seest it, O LORD! be not silent! O LORD! be not far from me!
Psal Noyes 35:23  Arouse thyself; awake for my defence! My God and my Lord, awake to my cause!
Psal Noyes 35:24  Judge me according to thy righteousness, O Jehovah, my God! Let them not triumph over me!
Psal Noyes 35:25  Let them not say in their hearts, "Aha! we have our wish!" Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up!"
Psal Noyes 35:26  May they all be confounded and brought to shame, Who rejoice at my calamity! May they be clothed with ignominy and disgrace, Who exalt themselves against me!
Psal Noyes 35:27  Let them shout for joy, and be glad, Who favor my righteous cause; Let them ever say, "The LORD be praised, Who delighteth in the prosperity of his servant!"
Psal Noyes 35:28  So shall my tongue speak of thy righteousness, And daily repeat thy praise.