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Psalms 35
By David.
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1Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me.
- Fight against those who fight against me.
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2Take hold of shield and buckler,
- and stand up for my help.
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3Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me.
- Tell my soul, “I am your salvation.”
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4Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor.
- Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.
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5Let them be as chaff before the wind,
- Yahweh’s angel driving them on.
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6Let their way be dark and slippery,
- Yahweh’s angel pursuing them.
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7For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me.
- Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
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8Let destruction come on him unawares.
- Let his net that he has hidden catch himself.
- Let him fall into that destruction.
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9My soul shall be joyful in Yahweh.
- It shall rejoice in his salvation.
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10All my bones shall say, “Yahweh, who is like you,
- who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him;
- yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”
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11Unrighteous witnesses rise up.
- They ask me about things that I don’t know about.
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12They reward me evil for good,
- to the bereaving of my soul.
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13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth.
- I afflicted my soul with fasting.
- My prayer returned into my own bosom.
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14I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother.
- I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.
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15But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together.
- The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it.
- They tore at me, and didn’t cease.
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16Like the profane mockers in feasts,
- they gnashed their teeth at me.
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17Lord, how long will you look on?
- Rescue my soul from their destruction,
- my precious life from the lions.
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18I will give you thanks in the great assembly.
- I will praise you among many people.
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19Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me;
- neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.
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20For they don’t speak peace,
- but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
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21Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me.
- They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!”
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22You have seen it, Yahweh. Don’t keep silent.
- Lord, don’t be far from me.
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23Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God!
- My Lord, contend for me!
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24Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness.
- Don’t let them gloat over me.
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25Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!”
- Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”
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26Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity.
- Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.
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27Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause.
- Yes, let them say continually, “Yahweh be magnified,
- who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”
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28My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.
