3.0 KiB
Psalm 35
- O LORD, oppose those who oppose me.
Fight those who fight against me.
- Put on your armor, and take up your shield.
Prepare for battle, and come to my aid.
- Lift up your spear and javelin
against those who pursue me.
Let me hear you say,
"I will give you victory!"
- Bring shame and disgrace on those trying to kill me;
turn them back and humiliate those who want to harm me.
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Blow them away like chaff in the wind-- a wind sent by the angel of the LORD.
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Make their path dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them.
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I did them no wrong, but they laid a trap for me.
I did them no wrong, but they dug a pit to catch me.
- So let sudden ruin come upon them!
Let them be caught in the trap they set for me!
Let them be destroyed in the pit they dug for me.
- Then I will rejoice in the LORD.
I will be glad because he rescues me.
- With every bone in my body I will praise him: "LORD, who can compare with you? Who else rescues the helpless from the strong?
Who else protects the helpless and poor from those who rob them?"
- Malicious witnesses testify against me.
They accuse me of crimes I know nothing about.
- They repay me evil for good.
I am sick with despair.
- Yet when they were ill, I grieved for them.
I denied myself by fasting for them,
but my prayers returned unanswered.
- I was sad, as though they were my friends or family,
as if I were grieving for my own mother.
- But they are glad now that I am in trouble;
they gleefully join together against me.
I am attacked by people I don't even know;
they slander me constantly.
- They mock me and call me names;
they snarl at me.
- How long, O Lord, will you look on and do nothing?
Rescue me from their fierce attacks.
Protect my life from these lions!
- Then I will thank you in front of the great assembly.
I will praise you before all the people.
- Don't let my treacherous enemies rejoice over my defeat.
Don't let those who hate me without cause gloat over my sorrow.
- They don't talk of peace;
they plot against innocent people who mind their own business.
- They shout, "Aha! Aha!
With our own eyes we saw him do it!"
- O LORD, you know all about this.
Do not stay silent.
Do not abandon me now, O Lord.
- Wake up! Rise to my defense!
Take up my case, my God and my Lord.
- Declare me not guilty, O LORD my God, for you give justice.
Don't let my enemies laugh about me in my troubles.
- Don't let them say, "Look, we got what we wanted!
Now we will eat him alive!"
- May those who rejoice at my troubles
be humiliated and disgraced.
May those who triumph over me
be covered with shame and dishonor.
- But give great joy to those who came to my defense. Let them continually say, "Great is the LORD,
who delights in blessing his servant with peace!"
- Then I will proclaim your justice,
and I will praise you all day long.