Psalms 35:1 (BSB)
Of David. Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.

Psalms 35:2 (BSB)
Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.

Psalms 35:3 (BSB)
Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”

Psalms 35:4 (BSB)
May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.

Psalms 35:5 (BSB)
May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.

Psalms 35:6 (BSB)
May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.

Psalms 35:7 (BSB)
For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.

Psalms 35:8 (BSB)
May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.

Psalms 35:9 (BSB)
Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation.

Psalms 35:10 (BSB)
All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”

Psalms 35:11 (BSB)
Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.

Psalms 35:12 (BSB)
They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.

Psalms 35:13 (BSB)
Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.

Psalms 35:14 (BSB)
I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.

Psalms 35:15 (BSB)
But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.

Psalms 35:16 (BSB)
Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.

Psalms 35:17 (BSB)
How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.

Psalms 35:18 (BSB)
Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.

Psalms 35:19 (BSB)
Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.

Psalms 35:20 (BSB)
For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.

Psalms 35:21 (BSB)
They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”

Psalms 35:22 (BSB)
O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.

Psalms 35:23 (BSB)
Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!

Psalms 35:24 (BSB)
Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.

Psalms 35:25 (BSB)
Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”

Psalms 35:26 (BSB)
May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.

Psalms 35:27 (BSB)
May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”

Psalms 35:28 (BSB)
Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
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