New Living Translation NLT
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 O LORD, oppose those who oppose me. Fight those who fight against me.
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By David. Strive, Jehovah, with my strivers, fight with my fighters,
2 Put on your armor, and take up your shield. Prepare for battle, and come to my aid.
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Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise for my help,
3 Lift up your spear and javelin against those who pursue me. Let me hear you say, “I will give you victory!”
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And draw out spear and lance, To meet my pursuers. Say to my soul, `Thy salvation I [am].'
4 Bring shame and disgrace on those trying to kill me; turn them back and humiliate those who want to harm me.
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They are ashamed and blush, those seeking my soul, Turned backward and confounded, Those devising my evil.
5 Blow them away like chaff in the wind— a wind sent by the angel of the LORD .
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They are as chaff before wind, And a messenger of Jehovah driving away.
6 Make their path dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them.
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Their way is darkness and slipperiness, And a messenger of Jehovah their pursuer.
7 I did them no wrong, but they laid a trap for me. I did them no wrong, but they dug a pit to catch me.
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For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.
8 So let sudden ruin come upon them! Let them be caught in the trap they set for me! Let them be destroyed in the pit they dug for me.
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Meet him doth desolation -- he knoweth not, And his net that he hid catcheth him, For desolation he falleth into it.
9 Then I will rejoice in the LORD . I will be glad because he rescues me.
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And my soul is joyful in Jehovah, It rejoiceth in His salvation.
10 With every bone in my body I will praise him: “ LORD, who can compare with you? Who else rescues the helpless from the strong? Who else protects the helpless and poor from those who rob them?”
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All my bones say, `Jehovah, who is like Thee, Delivering the poor from the stronger than he, And the poor and needy from his plunderer.'
11 Malicious witnesses testify against me. They accuse me of crimes I know nothing about.
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Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.
12 They repay me evil for good. I am sick with despair.
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They pay me evil for good, bereaving my soul,
13 Yet when they were ill, I grieved for them. I denied myself by fasting for them, but my prayers returned unanswered.
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And I -- in their sickness my clothing [is] sackcloth, I have humbled with fastings my soul, And my prayer unto my bosom returneth.
14 I was sad, as though they were my friends or family, as if I were grieving for my own mother.
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As [if] a friend, as [if] my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.
15 But they are glad now that I am in trouble; they gleefully join together against me. I am attacked by people I don’t even know; they slander me constantly.
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And -- in my halting they have rejoiced, And have been gathered together, Gathered against me were the smiters, And I have not known, They have rent, and they have not ceased;
16 They mock me and call me names; they snarl at me.
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With profane ones, mockers in feasts, Gnashing against me their teeth.
17 How long, O Lord, will you look on and do nothing? Rescue me from their fierce attacks. Protect my life from these lions!
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Lord, how long dost thou behold? Keep back my soul from their desolations, From young lions my only one.
18 Then I will thank you in front of the great assembly. I will praise you before all the people.
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I thank Thee in a great assembly, Among a mighty people I praise Thee.
19 Don’t let my treacherous enemies rejoice over my defeat. Don’t let those who hate me without cause gloat over my sorrow.
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Mine enemies rejoice not over me [with] falsehood, Those hating me without cause wink the eye.
20 They don’t talk of peace; they plot against innocent people who mind their own business.
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For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,
21 They shout, “Aha! Aha! With our own eyes we saw him do it!”
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And they enlarge against me their mouth, They said, `Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.'
22 O LORD, you know all about this. Do not stay silent. Do not abandon me now, O Lord.
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Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, Be not silent, O Lord -- be not far from me,
23 Wake up! Rise to my defense! Take up my case, my God and my Lord.
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Stir up, and wake to my judgment, My God, and my Lord, to my plea.
24 Declare me not guilty, O LORD my God, for you give justice. Don’t let my enemies laugh about me in my troubles.
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Judge me according to Thy righteousness, O Jehovah my God, And they do not rejoice over me.
25 Don’t let them say, “Look, we got what we wanted! Now we will eat him alive!”
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They do not say in their heart, `Aha, our desire.' They do not say, `We swallowed him up.'
26 May those who rejoice at my troubles be humiliated and disgraced. May those who triumph over me be covered with shame and dishonor.
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They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are rejoicing at my evil. They put on shame and confusion, Who are magnifying themselves against me.
27 But give great joy to those who came to my defense. Let them continually say, “Great is the LORD, who delights in blessing his servant with peace!”
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They sing and rejoice, who are desiring my righteousness, And they say continually, `Jehovah is magnified, Who is desiring the peace of His servant.'
28 Then I will proclaim your justice, and I will praise you all day long.
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And my tongue uttereth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy praise!