Psalms 35
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| v | JPS1917 |
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| 1 | [A Psalm] of David. Strive, O LORD, with them that strive with me; Fight against them that fight against me. |
| 2 | Take hold of shield and buckler, And rise up to my help. |
| 3 | Draw out also the spear, and the battle-axe, against them that pursue me; Say unto my soul: 'I am Thy salvation.' |
| 4 | Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion that seek after my soul; Let them be turned back and be abashed that devise my hurt. |
| 5 | Let them be as chaff before the wind, The angel of the LORD thrusting them. |
| 6 | Let their way be dark and slippery, The angel of the LORD pursuing them. |
| 7 | For without cause have they hid for me the pit, even their net, Without cause have they digged for my soul. . |
| 8 | Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself; With destruction let him fall therein. |
| 9 | And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD; It shall rejoice in His salvation. |
| 10 | All my bones shall say: 'LORD, who is like unto Thee, Who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, Yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?' |
| 11 | Unrighteous witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I know not. |
| 12 | They repay me evil for good; Bereavement is come to my soul. |
| 13 | But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth, I afflicted my soul with fasting; And my prayer, may it return into mine own bosom. |
| 14 | I went about as though it had been my friend or my brother; I bowed down mournful, as one that mourneth for his mother. |
| 15 | But when I halt they rejoice, and gather themselves together; The abjects gather themselves together against me, and those whom I know not; They tear me, and cease not; |
| 16 | With the profanest mockeries of backbiting They gnash at me with their teeth. |
| 17 | Lord, how long wilt Thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, Mine only one from the lions. |
| 18 | I will give Thee thanks in the great congregation; I will praise Thee among a numerous people. |
| 19 | Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; Neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. |
| 20 | For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. |
| 21 | Yea, they open their mouth wide against me; They say: 'Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.' |
| 22 | Thou hast seen, O LORD; keep not silence; O Lord, be not far from me. |
| 23 | Rouse Thee, and awake to my judgment, Even unto my cause, my God and my Lord. |
| 24 | Judge me, O LORD my God, according to Thy righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me. |
| 25 | Let them not say in their heart: 'Aha, we have our desire'; Let them not say: 'We have swallowed him up.' |
| 26 | Let them be ashamed and abashed together that rejoice at my hurt; Let them be clothed with shame and confusion that magnify themselves against me. . |
| 27 | Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that delight in my righteousness; Yea, let them say continually: 'Magnified be the LORD, Who delighteth in the peace of His servant.' |
| 28 | And my tongue shall speak of Thy righteousness, And of Thy praise all the day. |