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Psalm 35

Good News Translation GNT

1 Oppose those who oppose me, Lord, and fight those who fight against me!

2 Take your shield and armor and come to my rescue.

3 Lift up your spear and war ax against those who pursue me. Promise that you will save me.

4 May those who try to kill me be defeated and disgraced! May those who plot against me be turned back and confused!

5 May they be like straw blown by the wind as the angel of the Lord pursues them!

6 May their path be dark and slippery while the angel of the Lord strikes them down!

7 Without any reason they laid a trap for me and dug a deep hole to catch me.

8 But destruction will catch them before they know it; they will be caught in their own trap and fall to their destruction!

9 Then I will be glad because of the Lord; I will be happy because he saved me.

10 With all my heart I will say to the Lord, "There is no one like you. You protect the weak from the strong, the poor from the oppressor."

11 Evil people testify against me and accuse me of crimes I know nothing about.

12 They pay me back evil for good, and I sink in despair.

13 But when they were sick, I dressed in mourning; I deprived myself of food; I prayed with my head bowed low,

14 as I would pray for a friend or a brother. I went around bent over in mourning, as one who mourns for his mother.

15 But when I was in trouble, they were all glad and gathered around to make fun of me; strangers beat me and kept striking me.

16 Like those who would mock a cripple, they glared at me with hate.

17 How much longer, Lord, will you just look on? Rescue me from their attacks; save my life from these lions!

18 Then I will thank you in the assembly of your people; I will praise you before them all.

19 Don't let my enemies, those liars, gloat over my defeat. Don't let those who hate me for no reason smirk with delight over my sorrow.

20 They do not speak in a friendly way; instead they invent all kinds of lies about peace-loving people.

21 They accuse me, shouting, "We saw what you did!"

22 But you, O Lord, have seen this. So don't be silent, Lord; don't keep yourself far away!

23 Rouse yourself, O Lord, and defend me; rise up, my God, and plead my cause.

24 You are righteous, O Lord, so declare me innocent; don't let my enemies gloat over me.

25 Don't let them say to themselves, "We are rid of him! That's just what we wanted!"

26 May those who gloat over my suffering be completely defeated and confused; may those who claim to be better than I am be covered with shame and disgrace.

27 May those who want to see me acquitted shout for joy and say again and again, "How great is the Lord! He is pleased with the success of his servant."

28 Then I will proclaim your righteousness, and I will praise you all day long.

World English Bible WEB

1 <<By David.>> Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.

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

3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against those who pursue me. Tell my soul, "I am your salvation."

4 Let those who seek after my soul be put to shame and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.

5 Let them be as chaff before the wind, The angel of Yahweh driving them on.

6 Let their way be dark and slippery, The angel of Yahweh pursuing them.

7 For without cause have they hid their net in a pit for me. Without cause have they dug a pit for my soul.

8 Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Into that destruction let him fall.

9 My soul shall be joyful in Yahweh. It shall rejoice in his salvation.

10 All my bones shall say, "Yahweh, who is like you, Who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him, Yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?"

11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don't know about.

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

13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.

14 I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.

15 But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn't know it. They tore at me, and didn't cease.

16 Like the profane mockers in feasts, They gnashed their teeth at me.

17 Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, My precious life from the lions.

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

19 Don't let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; Neither let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.

20 For they don't speak peace, But they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

21 Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, "Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!"

22 You have seen it, Yahweh. Don't keep silent. Lord, don't be far from me.

23 Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!

24 Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness; Don't let them gloat over me.

25 Don't let them say in their heart, "Aha! That's the way we want it." Don't let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"

26 Let them be put to shame and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

27 Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause. Yes, let them say continually, "Yahweh be magnified, Who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!"

28 My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.