35:1 [A Psalm] of David. Plead [my cause], O LORD, with them
that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
35:2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.
35:3 Draw out also the spear, and stop [the way] against them
that persecute me: say to my soul, I [am] thy salvation.
35:4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my
soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that
devise my hurt.
35:5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of
the LORD chase [them].
35:6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of
the LORD persecute them.
35:7 For without cause they have hid for me their net [in] a
pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul.
35:8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net
that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let
him fall.
35:9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice
in his salvation.
35:10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who [is] like thee, who
deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, even
the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
35:11 False witnesses arose; they laid to my charge [things]
that I knew not.
35:12 They rewarded me evil for good [to] the spoiling of my
soul.
35:13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was]
sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer
returned into my own bosom.
35:14 I behaved myself as though [he had been] my friend [or]
brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth [for his]
mother.
35:15 But in my adversity they rejoiced, and assembled
themselves: [yes], the abjects assembled themselves against me,
and I knew [it] not; they did tear [me], and ceased not:
35:16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me
with their teeth.
35:17 LORD, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from
their destructions, my darling from the lions.
35:18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will
praise thee among many people.
35:19 Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over
me: [neither] let them wink with the eye that hate me without a
cause.
35:20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful
matters against [them that are] quiet in the land.
35:21 Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me, [and] said,
Aha, aha, our eye hath seen [it].
35:22 [This] thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O LORD,
be not far from me.
35:23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, [even] to my
cause, my God and my LORD.
35:24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness;
and let them not rejoice over me.
35:25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it:
let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
35:26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that
rejoice at my hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonor
that magnify [themselves] against me.
35:27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my
righteous cause: yes, let them say continually, Let the LORD be
magnified, who hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
35:28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness [and] of
thy praise all the day long.
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