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Psalm 35

The Message Bible MSG

1 Harass these hecklers, God, punch these bullies in the nose.

2 Grab a weapon, anything at hand; stand up for me!

3 Get ready to throw the spear, aim the javelin, at the people who are out to get me. Reassure me; let me hear you say, "I'll save you."

4 When those thugs try to knife me in the back, make them look foolish. Frustrate all those who are plotting my downfall.

5 Make them like cinders in a high wind, with God's angel working the bellows.

6 Make their road lightless and mud-slick, with God's angel on their tails.

7 Out of sheer cussedness they set a trap to catch me; for no good reason they dug a ditch to stop me.

8 Surprise them with your ambush - catch them in the very trap they set, the disaster they planned for me.

9 But let me run loose and free, celebrating God's great work,

10 Every bone in my body laughing, singing, "God, there's no one like you. You put the down-and-out on their feet and protect the unprotected from bullies!"

11 Hostile accusers appear out of nowhere, they stand up and badger me.

12 They pay me back misery for mercy, leaving my soul empty.

13 When they were sick, I dressed in black; instead of eating, I prayed.

14 My prayers were like lead in my gut, like I'd lost my best friend, my brother. I paced, distraught as a motherless child, hunched and heavyhearted.

15 But when I was down they threw a party! All the nameless riffraff of the town came chanting insults about me.

16 Like barbarians desecrating a shrine, they destroyed my reputation.

17 God, how long are you going to stand there doing nothing? Save me from their brutalities; everything I've got is being thrown to the lions.

18 I will give you full credit when everyone gathers for worship; When the people turn out in force I will say my Hallelujahs.

19 Don't let these liars, my enemies, have a party at my expense, Those who hate me for no reason, winking and rolling their eyes.

20 No good is going to come from that crowd; They spend all their time cooking up gossip against those who mind their own business.

21 They open their mouths in ugly grins, Mocking, "Ha-ha, ha-ha, thought you'd get away with it? We've caught you hands down!"

22 Don't you see what they're doing, God? You're not going to let them Get by with it, are you? Not going to walk off without doing something, are you?

23 Please get up - wake up! Tend to my case. My God, my Lord - my life is on the line.

24 Do what you think is right, God, my God, but don't make me pay for their good time.

25 Don't let them say to themselves, "Ha-ha, we got what we wanted." Don't let them say, "We've chewed him up and spit him out."

26 Let those who are being hilarious at my expense Be made to look ridiculous. Make them wear donkey's ears; Pin them with the donkey's tail, who made themselves so high and mighty!

27 But those who want the best for me, Let them have the last word - a glad shout! - and say, over and over and over, "God is great - everything works together for good for his servant."

28 I'll tell the world how great and good you are, I'll shout Hallelujah all day, every day.

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.