35:1 Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; Fight against those who fight against me. |
35:2 Take hold of buckler and shield and rise up for my help. |
35:3 Draw also the spear and the battle-axe to meet those who pursue me; Say to my soul, "I will provide your salvation." |
35:4 Let those have shame and dishonor who seek my life; Turn those back and humiliate those who devise evil against me. |
35:5 Let them resemble like chaff before the wind, With the angel of the LORD driving them on. |
35:6 Let their way darken and become slippery, With the angel of the LORD pursuing them. |
35:7 For without cause they hid their net for me; Without cause they dug a pit for my soul. |
35:8 Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let the net which he hid catch himself; Into that very destruction let him fall. |
35:9 And my soul shall rejoice in the LORD; It shall exult in His salvation. |
35:10 All my bones will say, "LORD, who equals You, Who delivers the afflicted from him who overwhelms for him, and the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?" |
35:11 Malicious witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I do not know. |
35:12 They repay me evil for good, To the bereavement of my soul. |
35:13 But as for me, when they succumbed to sickness, I donned sackcloth as my clothing; I humbled my soul with fasting, And my prayer kept returning to my bosom. |
35:14 I went about regarding it as my friend or brother; I bowed down mourning, as one who sorrows for a mother. |
35:15 But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered themselves together; The smiters whom I did not know gathered together against me, They slandered me without ceasing. |
35:16 Like godless jesters at a feast, They gnashed at me with their teeth. |
35:17 Lord, how long will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, My only life from the lions. |
35:18 I will give You thanks in the great congregation; I will praise You among a mighty throng. |
35:19 Do not let those who wrongly hate me rejoice over me; Nor let those who hate me without cause wink maliciously. |
35:20 For they do not speak peace, But they devise deceitful words against those who dwell quietly in the land. |
35:21 They opened their mouth wide against me; They said, " Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!" |
35:22 You have seen it, O LORD, do not keep silent; O Lord, do not stay far from me. |
35:23 Stir up Yourself, and awake to my right and to my cause, my God and my Lord. |
35:24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to Your righteousness, and do not let them rejoice over me. |
35:25 Do not let them say in their heart, "Aha, our desire!" Do not let them say, "We have swallowed him up!" |
35:26 Let those suffer shame and humiliation altogether who rejoice at my distress; Clothe those with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves over me. |
35:27 Let them shout for joy and rejoice, who favor my vindication; and let them say continually, "Magnify the LORD, Who delights in the prosperity of His servant." |
35:28 And my tongue shall declare Your righteousness And Your praise all day long. |