Psalm 35
Psalm 35:1[1] Oppose my opponents, Yahveh; fight those who fight me.
Psalm 35:2 Take your shield and standing shield and come to my aid.
Psalm 35:3 Draw the spear and double ax against those who chase after me, and tell my throat: “I am your rescue.”
Psalm 35:4 Let those who intend to take my throat be disgraced and humiliated; let those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed.
Psalm 35:5 Let them be like chaff in the wind, with the agent of Yahveh driving them away.
Psalm 35:6 Let their road be dark and slippery, with the agent of Yahveh chasing after them.
Psalm 35:7 They hid their net for me for no reason; they dug a pit for my throat for no reason.
Psalm 35:8 Let ruin come on him unexpectedly, and let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it– to his ruin.
Psalm 35:9 Then my throat will celebrate in Yahveh; I will delight in his rescue.
Psalm 35:10 All my bones will say, “Yahveh, who is like you, rescuing the poor from one too strong for him, the poor or the needy from one who robs him?”
Psalm 35:11 Malicious witnesses come forward; they question me about things I do not know.
Psalm 35:12 They repay me evil for good, making my throat desolate.
Psalm 35:13 Yet when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my neck with fasting, and my prayer was genuine.
Psalm 35:14 I went about mourning as if for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for a mother.
Psalm 35:15 But when I stumbled, they gathered in happiness; they gathered against me. Assailants I did not know tore at me and did not stop.
Psalm 35:16 With godless ridicule, they gnashed their teeth at me.
Psalm 35:17 Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my throat from their ravages; it is abandoned to the young lions.
Psalm 35:18 I will praise you in the great assembly; I will exalt you among many people.
Psalm 35:19 Do not let my deceitful enemies be happy over me; do not let those who hate me without cause wink at me maliciously.
Psalm 35:20 For they do not speak in peaceful ways, but contrive fraudulent schemes against those who live peacefully in the land.
Psalm 35:21 They open their mouths wide against me and say, “Aha, aha! We saw it!”
Psalm 35:22 You saw it, Yahveh; do not be silent. Lord, do not be far from me.
Psalm 35:23 Wake up and rise to my defense, to my dispute, my God and my Lord!
Psalm 35:24 Vindicate me, Yahveh my God, in keeping with your righteousness, and do not let them be happy over me.
Psalm 35:25 Do not let them say in their hearts, “Aha! Just what our throats were hungry for.” Do not let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”
Psalm 35:26 Let those who rejoice at my misfortune be disgraced and humiliated; let those who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and reproach.
Psalm 35:27 Let those who treasure my vindication give a ringing cry and be happy; let them continually say, “Yahveh be exalted. He treasures his servant’s well-being.”
Psalm 35:28 And my tongue will proclaim your righteousness, your praise all day long.[2]
[1]superscription: Of David.
[2]subscription: For the choir director.
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