Psalms 35
1 BY DAVID. Strive, YHWH, with my strivers, fight with my fighters,
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 for my help,
to strengthen: hold shield and shield and to arise: rise [emph?] in/on/with help my
3 And draw out spear and lance, To meet my pursuers. Say to my soul, “I [am] your 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 They are ashamed and blush, those seeking my soul, Turned backward and confounded, Those devising my evil.
be ashamed and be humiliated to seek soul: life my to turn back and be ashamed to devise: devise distress: evil my
5 They are as chaff before wind, And a messenger of YHWH driving away.
to be like/as chaff to/for face: before spirit: breath and messenger: angel LORD to thrust
6 Their way is darkness and slipperiness, And a messenger of YHWH—their pursuer.
to be way: conduct their darkness and smoothness and messenger: angel LORD to pursue them
7 For without cause they hid their net [in] a pit for me, Without cause they dug for my soul.
for for nothing to hide to/for me pit: grave net their for nothing to search to/for soul: life my
8 Desolation meets him—he does not know, And his net that he hid catches him, He falls into it for desolation.
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 And my soul is joyful in YHWH, It rejoices in His salvation.
and soul my to rejoice in/on/with LORD to rejoice in/on/with salvation his
10 All my bones say, “YHWH, who is like You, Delivering the poor from the [one] stronger than he, And the poor and needy from his plunderer.”
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 Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.
to arise: rise [emph?] witness violence which not to know to ask me
12 They pay me evil for good, bereaving my soul,
to complete me distress: evil underneath: instead welfare bereavement to/for soul my
13 And I—in their sickness my clothing [is] sackcloth, I have humbled my soul with fastings, And my prayer returns to my 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 [if] a friend, as [if] my brother, I habitually walked, As a mourner for a mother, I have bowed down mourning.
like/as neighbor like/as brother: male-sibling to/for me to go: walk like/as mourning mother be dark to bow
15 And they have rejoiced in my halting, And have been gathered together, The strikers were gathered against me, And I have not known, They have torn, and they have not ceased;
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 profane ones, mockers in feasts, Gnashing their teeth against me.
in/on/with profane mocking bun to grind upon me tooth their
17 Lord, how long do You behold? Keep my soul back from their desolations, My only one from young lions.
Lord like/as what? to see: see to return: rescue [emph?] soul: myself my from ravage their from lion only my
18 I thank You in a great assembly, I praise You among a mighty people.
to give thanks you in/on/with assembly many in/on/with people mighty to boast: praise you
19 Do not let my enemies rejoice over me [with] falsehood, Those hating me without cause wink the eye.
not to rejoice to/for me enemy my deception to hate me for nothing to wink eye
20 For they do not speak peace, And against the quiet of 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 And they enlarge their mouth against me, They said, “Aha, aha, our eye has seen.”
and to enlarge upon me lip their to say Aha! Aha! to see: see eye our
22 You have seen, O YHWH, Do not be silent, O Lord—do not be far from me,
to see: see LORD not be quiet Lord not to remove from me
23 Stir up, and wake to my judgment, My God, and my Lord, to my plea.
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 Your righteousness, O YHWH my God, And they do not rejoice over me.
to judge me like/as righteousness your LORD God my and not to rejoice to/for me
25 They do not say in their heart, “Aha, our desire.” They do not say, “We swallowed him up.”
not to say in/on/with heart their Aha! soul our not to say to swallow up him
26 They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are rejoicing at my evil. They put on shame and confusion, Who are magnifying themselves against me.
be ashamed and be ashamed together glad distress: harm my to clothe shame and shame [the] to magnify upon me
27 They sing and rejoice, who are desiring my righteousness, And they continually say, “YHWH is magnified, Who is desiring the peace 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 utters Your righteousness, All the day Your praise!
and tongue my to mutter righteousness your all [the] day praise your
