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82 lines
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# Chapter 35
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1 Contend, O Lord, with those who contend 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 rise for my help!
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3 Draw the spear and javelin
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against my pursuers!
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Say to my soul,
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“I am your salvation!”
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4 Let them be put to shame and dishonor
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who seek after my life!
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Let them be turned back and disappointed
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who devise evil against me!
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5 Let them be like chaff before the wind,
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with the angel of the Lord driving them away!
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6 Let their way be dark and slippery,
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with the angel of the Lord pursuing them!
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7 For without cause they hid their net for me;
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without cause they dug a pit for my life.
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8 Let destruction come upon him when he does not know it!
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And let the net that he hid ensnare him;
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let him fall into it—to his destruction!
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9 Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord,
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exulting in his salvation.
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10 All my bones shall say,
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“O Lord, who is like you,
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delivering the poor
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from him who is too strong for him,
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the poor and needy from him who robs him?”
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11 Malicious witnesses rise up;
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they ask me of things that I do not know.
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12 They repay me evil for good;
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my soul is bereft.
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13 But I, when they were sick—
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I wore sackcloth;
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I afflicted myself with fasting;
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I prayed with head bowed on my chest.
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14 I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother;
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as one who laments his mother,
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I bowed down in mourning.
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15 But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered;
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they gathered together against me;
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wretches whom I did not know
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tore at me without ceasing;
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16 like profane mockers at a feast,
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they gnash at me with their teeth.
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17 How long, O Lord, will you look on?
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Rescue me from their destruction,
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my precious life from the lions!
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18 I will thank you in the great congregation;
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in the mighty throng I will praise you.
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19 Let not those rejoice over me
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who are wrongfully my foes,
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and let not those wink the eye
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who hate me without cause.
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20 For they do not speak peace,
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but against those who are quiet in the land
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they devise words of deceit.
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21 They open wide their mouths against me;
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they say, “Aha, Aha!
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Our eyes have seen it!”
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22 You have seen, O Lord; be not silent!
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O Lord, be not far from me!
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23 Awake and rouse yourself for my vindication,
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for my cause, my God and my Lord!
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24 Vindicate me, O Lord, my God,
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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,
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“Aha, our heart's desire!”
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Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.”
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26 Let them be put to shame and disappointed altogether
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who rejoice at my calamity!
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Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor
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who magnify themselves against me!
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27 Let those who delight in my righteousness
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shout for joy and be glad
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and say evermore,
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“Great is the Lord,
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who delights in the welfare of his servant!”
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28 Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness
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and of your praise all the day long. |