english Bible Presentation Sharing - Psalms Book, chapter 35, verse 53 in Hcsb Version

Psalms 35 : 1 (HCSB)

[Davidic.] Oppose my opponents, LORD; fight those who fight me.

Psalms 35 : 2 (HCSB)

Take Your shields-- large and small-- and come to my aid.

Psalms 35 : 3 (HCSB)

Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers, and assure me: "I am your deliverance."

Psalms 35 : 4 (HCSB)

Let those who seek to kill me be disgraced and humiliated; let those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed.

Psalms 35 : 5 (HCSB)

Let them be like husks in the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them away.

Psalms 35 : 6 (HCSB)

Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

Psalms 35 : 7 (HCSB)

They hid their net for me without cause; they dug a pit for me without cause.

Psalms 35 : 8 (HCSB)

Let ruin come on him unexpectedly, and let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it-- to his ruin.

Psalms 35 : 9 (HCSB)

Then I will rejoice in the LORD; I will delight in His deliverance.

Psalms 35 : 10 (HCSB)

My very bones will say, "LORD, who is like You, rescuing the poor from one too strong for him, the poor or the needy from one who robs him?"

Psalms 35 : 11 (HCSB)

Malicious witnesses come forward; they question me about things I do not know.

Psalms 35 : 12 (HCSB)

They repay me evil for good, making me desolate.

Psalms 35 : 13 (HCSB)

Yet when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, and my prayer was genuine.

Psalms 35 : 14 (HCSB)

I went about [grieving] as if for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning a mother.

Psalms 35 : 15 (HCSB)

But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee; they gathered against me. Assailants I did not know tore at me and did not stop.

Psalms 35 : 16 (HCSB)

With godless mockery they gnashed their teeth at me.

Psalms 35 : 17 (HCSB)

Lord, how long will You look on? Rescue my life from their ravages, my very life from the young lions.

Psalms 35 : 18 (HCSB)

I will praise You in the great congregation; I will exalt You among many people.

Psalms 35 : 19 (HCSB)

Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me; do not let those who hate me without cause look at me maliciously.

Psalms 35 : 20 (HCSB)

For they do not speak in friendly ways, but contrive deceitful schemes against those who live peacefully in the land.

Psalms 35 : 21 (HCSB)

They open their mouths wide against me and say, "Aha, aha! We saw it!"

Psalms 35 : 22 (HCSB)

You saw it, LORD; do not be silent. Lord, do not be far from me.

Psalms 35 : 23 (HCSB)

Wake up and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my LORD!

Psalms 35 : 24 (HCSB)

Vindicate me, LORD, my God, in keeping with Your righteousness, and do not let them rejoice over me.

Psalms 35 : 25 (HCSB)

Do not let them say in their hearts, "Aha! Just what we wanted." Do not let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"

Psalms 35 : 26 (HCSB)

Let those who rejoice at my misfortune be disgraced and humiliated; let those who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and reproach.

Psalms 35 : 27 (HCSB)

Let those who want my vindication shout for joy and be glad; let them continually say, "The LORD be exalted, who wants His servant's well-being."

Psalms 35 : 28 (HCSB)

And my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness, Your praise all day long.