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Psalm 35

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1 LORD, argue with those who argue with me; fight with those who fight against me!

2 Grab a shield and armor; stand up and help me!

3 Use your spear and ax against those who are out to get me! Say to me:"I'm your salvation!"

4 Let those who want me dead be humiliated and put to shame. Let those who intend to hurt me be thoroughly frustrated and disgraced.

5 Let them be like dust on the wind— and let the LORD's messenger be the one who does the blowing!

6 Let their path be dark and slippery— and let the LORD's messenger be the one who does the chasing!

7 Because they hid their net for me for no reason, they dug a pit for me for no reason.

8 Let disaster come to them when they don't suspect it. Let the net they hid catch them instead! Let them fall into it—to their disaster!

9 But I will rejoice in the LORD; I will celebrate his salvation.

10 All my bones will say, "LORD, who could compare to you? You rescue the weak from those who overpower them; you rescue the weak and the needy from those who plunder them."

11 Violent witnesses stand up. They question me about things I know nothing about.

12 They pay me back evil for good, leaving me stricken with grief.

13 But when they were sick, I wore clothes for grieving, and I kept a strict fast. When my prayer came back unanswered,

14 I would wander around like I was grieving a friend or a brother. I was weighed down, sad, like I was a mother in mourning.

15 But when I stumbled, they celebrated and gathered together— they gathered together against me! Strangers I didn't know tore me to pieces and wouldn't quit.

16 They ridiculed me over and over again, like godless people would do, grinding their teeth at me.

17 How long, my Lord, will you watch this happen? Rescue me from their attacks; rescue my precious life from these predatory lions!

18 Then I will thank you in the great assembly; I will praise you in a huge crowd of people.

19 Don't let those who are my enemies without cause celebrate over me; don't let those who hate me for no reason wink at my demise.

20 They don't speak the truth; instead, they plot false accusations against innocent people in the land.

21 They speak out against me, saying, "Yes! Oh, yes! We've seen it with our own eyes!"

22 But you've seen it too, LORD. Don't keep quiet about it. Please don't be far from me, my Lord.

23 Wake up! Get up and do justice for me; argue my case, my Lord and my God!

24 Establish justice for me according to your righteousness, LORD, my God. Don't let them celebrate over me.

25 Don't let them say to themselves, Yes! Exactly what we wanted! Don't let them say, "We ate him up!"

26 Let all those who celebrate my misfortune be disgraced and put to shame! Let those who exalt themselves over me be dressed up in shame and dishonor!

27 But let those who want things to be set right for me shout for joy and celebrate! Let them constantly say, "The LORD is great— God wants his servant to be at peace."

28 Then my tongue will talk all about your righteousness; it will talk about your praise all day long.

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1 A Psalm of David. Plead my cause, O Lord, with those who strive with me; Fight against those who fight against me.

2 Take hold of shield and buckler, And stand up for my help.

3 Also draw out the spear, And stop those who pursue me. Say to my soul, "I am your salvation."

4 Let those be put to shame and brought to dishonor Who seek after my life; Let those be turned back and brought to confusion Who plot my hurt.

5 Let them be like chaff before the wind, And let the angel of the Lord chase them.

6 Let their way be dark and slippery, And let the angel of the Lord pursue them.

7 For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit, Which they have dug without cause for my life.

8 Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly, And let his net that he has hidden catch himself; Into that very destruction let him fall.

9 And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord; It shall rejoice in His salvation.

10 All my bones shall say, "Lord, who is like You, Delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, Yes, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?"

11 Fierce witnesses rise up; They ask me things that I do not know.

12 They reward me evil for good, To the sorrow of my soul.

13 But as for me, when they were sick, My clothing was sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting; And my prayer would return to my own heart.

14 I paced about as though he were my friend or brother; I bowed down heavily, as one who mourns for his mother.

15 But in my adversity they rejoiced And gathered together; Attackers gathered against me, And I did not know it; They tore at me and did not cease;

16 With ungodly mockers at feasts They gnashed at me with their teeth.

17 Lord, how long will You look on? Rescue me from their destructions, My precious life from the lions.

18 I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.

19 Let them not rejoice over me who are wrongfully my enemies; Nor let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.

20 For they do not speak peace, But they devise deceitful matters Against the quiet ones in the land.

21 They also opened their mouth wide against me, And said, "Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen it."

22 This You have seen, O Lord; Do not keep silence. O Lord, do not be far from me.

23 Stir up Yourself, and awake to my vindication, To my cause, my God and my Lord.

24 Vindicate me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me.

25 Let them not say in their hearts, "Ah, so we would have it!" Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up."

26 Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion Who rejoice at my hurt; Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor Who exalt themselves against me.

27 Let them shout for joy and be glad, Who favor my righteous cause; And let them say continually, "Let the Lord be magnified, Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant."

28 And my tongue shall speak of Your righteousness And of Your praise all the day long.