Psalm 35

Psalm 35

A Psalm of David.

¹Plead ¹my cause, O Lord, with those who strive with me;

Fight against those who fight against me.

²Take hold of shield and ²buckler,

And stand up for my help.

³Also draw out the spear,

And stop those who pursue me.

Say to my soul,

“I am your salvation.”

^4aLet those be put to shame and brought to dishonor

Who seek after my life;

Let those be ^bturned back and brought to confusion

Who plot my hurt.

^5cLet them be like chaff before the wind,

And let the ³angel of the Lord chase them.

⁶Let their way be ^ddark and slippery,

And let the angel of the Lord pursue them.

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

Which they have dug without cause for my life.

⁸⁴Let ^fdestruction come upon him unexpectedly,

And let his net that he has hidden catch himself;

Into that very destruction let him fall.

⁹And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord;

It shall rejoice in His salvation.

^10gAll my bones shall say,

“Lord, ^hwho is like You,

Delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him,

Yes, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?”

¹¹Fierce witnesses rise up;

They ask me things that I do not know.

¹²ⁱThey reward me evil for good,

To the sorrow of my soul.

¹³But as for me, ^jwhen they were sick,

My clothing was sackcloth;

I humbled myself with fasting;

And my prayer would return to my own ⁵heart.

¹⁴I paced about as though he were my friend or brother;

I bowed down ⁶heavily, as one who mourns for his mother.

¹⁵But in my ⁷adversity they rejoiced

And gathered together;

Attackers gathered against me,

And I did not know it;

They tore at me and did not cease;

¹⁶With ungodly mockers at feasts

They gnashed at me with their teeth.

¹⁷Lord, how long will You ^klook on?

Rescue me from their destructions,

My precious life from the lions.

¹⁸I will give You thanks in the great assembly;

I will praise You among ⁸many people.

^19lLet them not rejoice over me who are wrongfully my enemies;

Nor let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.

²⁰For they do not speak peace,

But they devise deceitful matters

Against the quiet ones in the land.

²¹They also opened their mouth wide against me,

And said, “Aha, aha!

Our eyes have seen it.”

²²This You have seen, O Lord;

Do not keep silence.

O Lord, do not be far from me.

²³Stir up Yourself, and awake to my vindication,

To my cause, my God and my Lord.

²⁴Vindicate me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness;

And let them not rejoice over me.

²⁵Let them not say in their hearts, “Ah, so we would have it!”

Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.”

²⁶Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion

Who rejoice at my hurt;

Let them be ^mclothed with shame and dishonor

Who exalt themselves against me.

²⁷ⁿLet them shout for joy and be glad,

Who favor my righteous cause;

And let them say continually,

“Let the Lord be magnified,

Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.”

²⁸And my tongue shall speak of Your righteousness

And of Your praise all the day long.