Psalms Chapter 35
35:1 | [A Psalm] of David. Plead [my cause], O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. |
35:2 | Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. |
35:3 | Draw out also the spear, and stop [the way] against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I [am] thy salvation. |
35:4 | Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. |
35:5 | Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase [them]. |
35:6 | Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them. |
35:7 | For without cause have they hid for me their ![]() |
35:8 | Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his ![]() |
35:9 | And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation. |
35:10 | All my bones shall say, LORD, who [is] like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, ![]() |
35:11 | False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge [things] that I knew not. |
35:12 | They rewarded me ![]() |
35:13 | But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. |
35:14 | I behaved myself as though [he had been] my friend [or] brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth [for his] mother. |
35:15 | But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: ![]() |
35:16 | With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth. |
35:17 | Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. |
35:18 | I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. |
35:19 | Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: [neither] let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. |
35:20 | For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against [them that are] quiet in the land. |
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35:22 | [This] thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O LORD, be not far from me. |
35:23 | Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, [even] unto my cause, my God and my Lord. |
35:24 | Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me. |
35:25 | Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. |
35:26 | Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify [themselves] against me. |
35:27 | Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: ![]() ![]() |
35:28 | And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness [and] of thy praise all the ![]() |