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78 lines
2.9 KiB
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# Chapter 35
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1 Plead my cause, O Lord, with those who strive with me;
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Fight against those who fight against me.
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2 Take hold of shield and buckler,
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And stand up for my help.
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3 Also draw out the spear,
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And stop those who pursue me.
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Say to my soul,
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“I am your salvation.”
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4 Let those be put to shame and brought to dishonor
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Who seek after my life;
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Let those be turned back and brought to confusion
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Who plot my hurt.
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5 Let them be like chaff before the wind,
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And let the angel of the Lord chase them.
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6 Let their way be dark and slippery,
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And let the angel of the Lord pursue them.
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7 For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit,
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Which they have dug without cause for my life.
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8 Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly,
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And let his net that he has hidden catch himself;
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Into that very destruction let him fall.
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9 And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord;
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It shall rejoice in His salvation.
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10 All my bones shall say,
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“Lord, who is like You,
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Delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him,
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Yes, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?”
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11 Fierce witnesses rise up;
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They ask me things that I do not know.
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12 They reward me evil for good,
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To the sorrow of my soul.
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13 But as for me, when they were sick,
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My clothing was sackcloth;
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I humbled myself with fasting;
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And my prayer would return to my own heart.
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14 I paced about as though he were my friend or brother;
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I bowed down heavily, as one who mourns for his mother.
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15 But in my adversity they rejoiced
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And gathered together;
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Attackers gathered against me,
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And I did not know it;
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They tore at me and did not cease;
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16 With ungodly mockers at feasts
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They gnashed at me with their teeth.
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17 Lord, how long will You look on?
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Rescue me from their destructions,
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My precious life from the lions.
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18 I will give You thanks in the great assembly;
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I will praise You among many people.
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19 Let them not rejoice over me who are wrongfully my enemies;
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Nor let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.
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20 For they do not speak peace,
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But they devise deceitful matters
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Against the quiet ones in the land.
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21 They also opened their mouth wide against me,
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And said, “Aha, aha!
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Our eyes have seen it.”
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22 This You have seen, O Lord;
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Do not keep silence.
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O Lord, do not be far from me.
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23 Stir up Yourself, and awake to my vindication,
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To my cause, my God and my Lord.
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24 Vindicate me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness;
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And let them not rejoice over me.
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25 Let them not say in their hearts, “Ah, so we would have it!”
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Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.”
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26 Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion
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Who rejoice at my hurt;
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Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor
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Who exalt themselves against me.
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27 Let them shout for joy and be glad,
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Who favor my righteous cause;
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And let them say continually,
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“Let the Lord be magnified,
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Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.”
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28 And my tongue shall speak of Your righteousness
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And of Your praise all the day long. |