Psalms 35 : 1 (LITV)
A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, contend with those who strive against me; fight those who fight against me.
Psalms 35 : 2 (LITV)
Take hold of a shield and buckler, and arise as my help.
Psalms 35 : 3 (LITV)
Draw out the spear and close ranks to meet my pursuers; say to my soul, I am your salvation.
Psalms 35 : 4 (LITV)
Let those who seek my soul be ashamed and disgraced; let them be turned back and brought to confusion, those who plot evil to me.
Psalms 35 : 5 (LITV)
Let them be as chaff before the wind, and the Angel of Jehovah driving away.
Psalms 35 : 6 (LITV)
Let their way be dark and slippery, and the Angel of Jehovah their pursuer.
Psalms 35 : 7 (LITV)
For they have hidden their pit-net for me without cause; without cause they have dug for my soul.
Psalms 35 : 8 (LITV)
Let destruction come on him; he will not know; and let his net which he concealed catch him; let him fall in it, into destruction.
Psalms 35 : 9 (LITV)
And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah; it will rejoice in His salvation.
Psalms 35 : 10 (LITV)
All my bones shall say: O Jehovah, who is like You, who delivers the poor from those stronger than he; yes, the poor and needy from his plunderer?
Psalms 35 : 11 (LITV)
Witnesses of violence rise up; they asked me what I did not know;
Psalms 35 : 12 (LITV)
they rewarded me evil for good, bereaving my soul.
Psalms 35 : 13 (LITV)
But in their sickness, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fastings; and my prayer returned to my bosom.
Psalms 35 : 14 (LITV)
I walked as a friend, as to my brother; as one who mourns a mother, I was bowed down mourning.
Psalms 35 : 15 (LITV)
But they rejoiced in my limping; and assembling the defamers assembled themselves against me; and I did not know; they tore and were not silent;
Psalms 35 : 16 (LITV)
with the ungodly they were mockers for a cake, gnashing their teeth on me.
Psalms 35 : 17 (LITV)
O Lord, how long will You look on? Draw back my soul from their desolations, my only one from the lions.
Psalms 35 : 18 (LITV)
I will thank You in the great assembly, and I will praise You among a mighty people.
Psalms 35 : 19 (LITV)
Let not my lying enemies rejoice over me; do not let those who hate me without cause wink the eye.
Psalms 35 : 20 (LITV)
For they do not speak peace; but they devise deceitful things against the quiet ones of the earth.
Psalms 35 : 21 (LITV)
And they open their mouth wide against me; they say, Aha! Aha! Our eyes have seen.
Psalms 35 : 22 (LITV)
You have seen, O Jehovah; do not keep silence, O Lord, do not be far from me.
Psalms 35 : 23 (LITV)
Stir Yourself and awaken to my judgment, to my cause, my God and my Lord.
Psalms 35 : 24 (LITV)
Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to Your righteousness; and do not let them rejoice over me.
Psalms 35 : 25 (LITV)
Let them not say in their hearts, Aha! Our soul! Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Psalms 35 : 26 (LITV)
Let them be ashamed and be confounded together, the ones who rejoice at my evil; let them be clothed with shame and dishonor, the ones who magnify themselves against me.
Psalms 35 : 27 (LITV)
Let those who delight in my justification shout and rejoice; and they shall say without ceasing, Jehovah be magnified, delighting in the peace of His servant.
Psalms 35 : 28 (LITV)
And my tongue will speak of Your righteousness and of Your praise all the day.
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