Psalm 35:1–10

1  aPlead my cause, O Lord, bwith them that strive with me:

Fight against them that fight against me.

2  Take hold of cshield and buckler,

And stand up dfor mine help.

3  Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me:

Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

4  ddLet them be efconfounded and eput to shame that seek after my soul:

Let them be efturned back and ebrought to confusion that devise my hurt.

5  Let them be gas chaff before the wind:

And let the angel of the Lord chase them.

6  Let their way be †dark and hslippery:

And let the angel of the Lord persecute them.

7  For without cause have they ihid for me their net in a pit,

Which without cause they have digged for my soul.

8  jLet destruction come upon him †at unawares;

And jklet his net that he hath hid catch himself:

Into that very destruction let him fall.

9  And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord:

lIt shall rejoice in his salvation.

10  All mmy bones shall say,

Lord, nWho is like unto thee,

Which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him,

Yea, nnthe poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?