| Psa. 35:1 |
Strive, O Jehovah, with those who strive with me; / Battle against those who battle against me. |
| Psa. 35:2 |
Take hold of buckler and shield, / And rise up as my help. |
| Psa. 35:3 |
Draw out also the spear, and close up [the way] / Against those who pursue me; / Say to my soul, / I am your salvation. |
| Psa. 35:4 |
Let those who seek my life / Be put to shame and humiliated; / Let those who devise evil for me / Be turned back and confounded. |
| Psa. 35:5 |
Let them be like chaff before the wind, / With the angel of Jehovah driving [them] on. |
| Psa. 35:6 |
Let their way be darkness and slipperiness itself, / With the angel of Jehovah pursuing them. |
| Psa. 35:7 |
For without cause they hid their net for me; / Without cause they dug a pit for me. |
| Psa. 35:8 |
Let destruction come upon him unawares, / And let his net, which he hid, catch him; / Let him fall into it, into destruction. |
| Psa. 35:9 |
Then my soul will exult in Jehovah; / It will rejoice in His salvation. |
| Psa. 35:10 |
All my bones will say, / Jehovah, who is like You, / Who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him, / And the poor and needy from him who robs him? |
| Psa. 35:11 |
Malicious witnesses rise up; / They ask me about things I know nothing of. |
| Psa. 35:12 |
They repay me evil for good; / I am bereaved in soul. |
| Psa. 35:13 |
But I, when they were sick, / [Had] sackcloth as my clothing; / I afflicted my soul with fasting, / And my prayer returned to my own bosom. |
| Psa. 35:14 |
I conducted myself as if it had been my friend or my brother; / Like one mourning for [his] mother, I bowed down gloomily. |
| Psa. 35:15 |
But at my stumbling they rejoice and gather together; / The attackers, whom I did not know / Gather together against me; / They tear [at me] and do not cease. |
| Psa. 35:16 |
As profane mocking parasites, / They gnash their teeth at me. |
| Psa. 35:17 |
O Lord, how long will You look on? / Rescue my soul from their destruction, / My precious life from the lions. |
| Psa. 35:18 |
I will give You thanks in the great congregation; / Among a mighty people I will praise You. |
| Psa. 35:19 |
Do not let those who are wrongly my enemies rejoice over me; / Do not let those who hate me without cause narrow their eyes [at me.] |
| Psa. 35:20 |
For they do not speak peace, / But devise words of deceit / Against the quiet people of the land. |
| Psa. 35:21 |
And they open their mouth wide against me; / They say, Aha! Aha! Our eyes have seen [it.] |
| Psa. 35:22 |
You have seen, O Jehovah; do not be silent. / O Lord, do not be far from me. |
| Psa. 35:23 |
Awake, and stir Yourself for my cause, / For my claim, O my God and my Lord. |
| Psa. 35:24 |
Vindicate me according to Your righteousness, O Jehovah my God; / And do not let them rejoice over me. |
| Psa. 35:25 |
Do not let them say in their heart, / Aha! That is what we wanted. / Do not let them say, We have swallowed him up. |
| Psa. 35:26 |
May those who rejoice at my trouble / Be ashamed and confounded together; / May those who magnify themselves against me / Be clothed with shame and humiliation. |
| Psa. 35:27 |
May those who delight [in the vindication of] my righteousness / Give a ringing shout and rejoice, / And may they say continually, / Jehovah be magnified, / Who delights in the well-being of His servant. |
| Psa. 35:28 |
And my tongue will declare Your righteousness / [And] Your praise all day long. |