PSALM 35
A Psalm of David.
1 Plead my
cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight
against me. 2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for
mine help. 3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way
against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. 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. 5 Let
them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
6 Let their way be darka and slippery: and let
the angel of the LORD persecute them. 7 For without cause have
they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have
digged for my soul. 8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares;
and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let
him fall. 9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall
rejoice in his salvation. 10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is
like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him,
yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
11Falseb
witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. 12
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoilingc of my soul. 13
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I
humbledd
my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. 14
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I
bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. 15
But in mine adversitye they rejoiced, and gathered
themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together
against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with
their teeth.
17Lord, how
long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darlingf
from the lions. 18 I will give thee thanks in the great
congregation: I will praise thee among muchg people. 19
Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfullyh rejoice over me: neither
let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. 20 For
they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that
are quiet in the land. 21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide
against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. 22
This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from
me. 23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto
my cause, my God and my Lord. 24 Judge me, O LORD my God,
according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me. 25
Let them not say in their hearts, Ahi, so would we have it:
let them not say, We have swallowed him up. 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.
27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous
cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath
pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. 28 And my tongue shall
speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
The Holy Bible
King James Version
The Holy Bible : King James Version. 1995. Oak
Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
a
dark...: Heb. darkness and slipperiness
b
False...: Heb. Witnesses of wrong
c
spoiling: Heb. depriving
d
humbled: or, afflicted
e
adversity: Heb. halting
f
darling: Heb. only one
g
much: Heb. strong
h
wrongfully: Heb. falsely
i
Ah...: Heb. Ah, ah, our soul
