Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
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1 Oppose my opponents, Lord; fight those who fight me.
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Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!
2 Take Your shields-large and small- and come to my aid.
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Take hold of shield and buckler and rise for my help!
3 Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers, and assure me: "I am your deliverance."
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Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers! Say to my soul, “I am your salvation! ”
4 Let those who seek to kill me be disgraced and humiliated; let those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed.
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Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life! Let them be turned back and disappointed who devise evil against me!
5 Let them be like husks in the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away.
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Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away!
6 Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.
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Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them!
7 They hid their net for me without cause; they dug a pit for me without cause.
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For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.
8 Let ruin come on him unexpectedly, and let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it-to his ruin.
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Let destruction come upon him when he does not know it! And let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it—to his destruction!
9 Then I will rejoice in the Lord; I will delight in His deliverance.
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Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord, exulting in his salvation.
10 My very bones will say, "Lord, who is like You, rescuing the poor from one too strong for him, the poor or the needy from one who robs him?"
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All my bones shall say, “O Lord, who is like you, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and needy from him who robs him? ”
11 Malicious witnesses come forward; they question me about things I do not know.
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Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I do not know.
12 They repay me evil for good, making me desolate.
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They repay me evil for good; my soul is bereft.
13 Yet when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, and my prayer was genuine.
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But I, when they were sick—I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed on my chest.
14 I went about [grieving] as if for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning a mother.
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I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother; as one who laments his mother, I bowed down in mourning.
15 But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee; they gathered against me. Assailants I did not know tore at me and did not stop.
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But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered; they gathered together against me; wretches whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing;
16 With godless mockery they gnashed their teeth at me.
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like profane mockers at a feast, they gnash at me with their teeth.
17 Lord, how long will You look on? Rescue my life from their ravages, my very life from the young lions.
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How long, O Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their destruction, my precious life from the lions!
18 I will praise You in the great congregation; I will exalt You among many people.
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I will thank you in the great congregation; in the mighty throng I will praise you.
19 Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me; do not let those who hate me without cause look at me maliciously.
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Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause.
20 For they do not speak in friendly ways, but contrive deceitful schemes against those who live peacefully in the land.
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For they do not speak peace, but against those who are quiet in the land they devise words of deceit.
21 They open their mouths wide against me and say, "Aha, aha! We saw it!"
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They open wide their mouths against me; they say, “Aha, Aha! Our eyes have seen it! ”
22 You saw it, Lord; do not be silent. Lord, do not be far from me.
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You have seen, O Lord; be not silent! O Lord, be not far from me!
23 Wake up and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
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Awake and rouse yourself for my vindication, for my cause, my God and my Lord!
24 Vindicate me, Lord, my God, in keeping with Your righteousness, and do not let them rejoice over me.
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Vindicate me, O Lord, my God, according to your righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me!
25 Do not let them say in their hearts, "Aha! Just what we wanted." Do not let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"
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Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, our heart’s desire! ”Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up. ”
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.
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Let them be put to shame and disappointed altogether who rejoice at my calamity! Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me!
27 Let those who want my vindication shout for joy and be glad; let them continually say, "The Lord be exalted, who wants His servant's well-being."
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Let those who delight in my righteousness shout for joy and be glad and say evermore, “Great is the Lord, who delights in the welfare of his servant! ”
28 And my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness, Your praise all day long.
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Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long.
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