< Psalms 35 >
1 “Of David.” Contend, O Lord, with those that contend with me: fight against those that fight against me.
to/for David to contend [emph?] LORD with opponent my to fight with to fight me
2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise up for my help.
to strengthen: hold shield and shield and to arise: rise [emph?] in/on/with help my
3 And draw out the spear, and step in against my pursuers; say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
and to empty spear and to shut to/for to encounter: toward to pursue me to say to/for soul my salvation your I
4 Let those be put to shame and be confounded that seek after my life: let those be turned backward and be made to blush, that devise unhappiness for me.
be ashamed and be humiliated to seek soul: life my to turn back and be ashamed to devise: devise distress: evil my
5 Let them be as chaff before the wind; and may the angel of the Lord cast them forth.
to be like/as chaff to/for face: before spirit: breath and messenger: angel LORD to thrust
6 May their way be dark and slippery: and may the angel of the Lord pursue them.
to be way: conduct their darkness and smoothness and messenger: angel LORD to pursue them
7 For without cause have they hidden for me their net in a pit, without cause have they dug [pit-falls] against my life.
for for nothing to hide to/for me pit: grave net their for nothing to search to/for soul: life my
8 May then destruction come upon each of them at unawares; and may his net that he hath hidden catch himself: in [utter] destruction let him fall therein.
to come (in): come him devastation not to know and net his which to hide to capture him in/on/with devastation to fall: fall in/on/with her
9 But my soul shall exult in the Lord: she shall be glad through his salvation.
and soul my to rejoice in/on/with LORD to rejoice in/on/with salvation his
10 All my bones will say, Lord, who is like unto thee, who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that robbeth him?
all bone my to say LORD who? like you to rescue afflicted from strong from him and afflicted and needy from to plunder him
11 There rise up witnesses of violence; concerning what I know not they question me.
to arise: rise [emph?] witness violence which not to know to ask me
12 They recompense me with evil in place of good, [bringing] bereavement on my soul.
to complete me distress: evil underneath: instead welfare bereavement to/for soul my
13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I afflicted with fasting my soul, and my prayer returned into my own bosom.
and I in/on/with be weak: ill they clothing my sackcloth to afflict in/on/with fast soul: myself my and prayer my upon bosom: embrace my to return: return
14 As though he had been to me a friend or a brother did I walk about: as one that mourneth for a mother did I sorrowfully bend down my head.
like/as neighbor like/as brother: male-sibling to/for me to go: walk like/as mourning mother be dark to bow
15 But in my downfall they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together; there gathered themselves together against me abject wretches, whom I knew not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
and in/on/with stumbling my to rejoice and to gather to gather upon me smitten and not to know to tear and not to silence: stationary
16 With hypocritical babbling mockers, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
in/on/with profane mocking bun to grind upon me tooth their
17 O Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, from the young lions my solitary spirit.
Lord like/as what? to see: see to return: rescue [emph?] soul: myself my from ravage their from lion only my
18 I will thank thee in the great assembly: among a mighty people will I praise thee.
to give thanks you in/on/with assembly many in/on/with people mighty to boast: praise you
19 Let not rejoice over me those that are my enemies wrongfully: [nor] let those who hate me without cause wink with the eye.
not to rejoice to/for me enemy my deception to hate me for nothing to wink eye
20 For they speak not peace; but against the quiet in the land they devise deceitful words.
for not peace to speak: speak and upon restful land: country/planet word deceit to devise: design [emph?]
21 Yea, they opened wide against me their mouth; they said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
and to enlarge upon me lip their to say Aha! Aha! to see: see eye our
22 Thou hast seen it, O Lord! remain not silent: O Lord, be not far from me.
to see: see LORD not be quiet Lord not to remove from me
23 Arouse thyself, and awake to do me justice, my God and my Lord, unto my cause.
to rouse [emph?] and to awake [emph?] to/for justice: judgement my God my and Lord to/for strife my
24 Judge me according to thy righteousness, O Lord my God; and let them not rejoice over me.
to judge me like/as righteousness your LORD God my and not to rejoice to/for me
25 Let them not say in their heart, Aha, [this is the wish of] our soul: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
not to say in/on/with heart their Aha! soul our not to say to swallow up him
26 Let those be made ashamed and put to the blush together that rejoice at my mishap; let them be clothed with shame and confusion that magnify themselves above me.
be ashamed and be ashamed together glad distress: harm my to clothe shame and shame [the] to magnify upon me
27 Let those shout, and rejoice, that desire my righteousness: yea, let them say continually, Great is the Lord, who desireth the welfare of his servant.
to sing and to rejoice delighting righteousness my and to say continually to magnify LORD [the] delighting peace: well-being servant/slave his
28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness, all the day of thy praise.
and tongue my to mutter righteousness your all [the] day praise your