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Psalm 35
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Psalm 35 . 1
1 Of David. Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.TOSKPsalm 35:1
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2 Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.TOSKPsalm 35:2
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3 Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”TOSKPsalm 35:3
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4 May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.CPsalm 35:4-7TOSKPsalm 35:4
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5 May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.CPsalm 35:4-7TOSKPsalm 35:5
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6 May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.CPsalm 35:4-7 Psalm 35:6-9TOSKPsalm 35:6
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7 For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.CPsalm 35:4-7 Psalm 35:6-9TOSKPsalm 35:7
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8 May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.CPsalm 35:6-9TOSKPsalm 35:8
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9 Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation.CPsalm 35:6-9TOSKPsalm 35:9
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10 All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”TOSKPsalm 35:10
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11 Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.TOSKPsalm 35:11
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12 They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.TOSKPsalm 35:12
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13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.TOSKPsalm 35:13
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14 I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.TOSKPsalm 35:14
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15 But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.TOSKPsalm 35:15
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16 Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.TOSKPsalm 35:16
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17 How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.TOSKPsalm 35:17
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18 Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.TOSKPsalm 35:18
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19 Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.TOSKPsalm 35:19
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20 For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.TOSKPsalm 35:20
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21 They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”TOSKPsalm 35:21
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22 O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.TOSKPsalm 35:22
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23 Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!IPPsalms 35:23-24TOSKPsalm 35:23
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24 Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.IPPsalms 35:23-24TOSKPsalm 35:24
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25 Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”TOSKPsalm 35:25
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26 May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.TOSKPsalm 35:26
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27 May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”TOSKPsalm 35:27
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28 Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.TOSKPsalm 35:28