Psalms 35

1 Of David - contend! O Yahweh with opponents my fight with [those who] fight with me.

For David himself. Judge thou, O Lord, them that wrong me: overthrow them that fight against me.

2 Take hold of shield and body shield and arise! help my.

Take hold of arms and shield: and rise up to help me.

3 And draw out a spear and lance to meet pursuers my say to self my [am] salvation your I.

Bring out the sword, and shut up the way against them that persecute me: say to my soul: I am thy salvation.

4 May they be ashamed and they may be humiliated [those who] seek life my may they be turned back backwards and may they be abashed [those who] plot harm my.

Let them be confounded and ashamed that seek after my soul. Let them be turned back and be confounded that devise against me.

5 May they be like chaff before a wind and [the] angel of Yahweh pushing.

Let them become as dust before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord straiten them.

6 May it be way their darkness and slippery places and [the] angel of Yahweh pursuing them.

Let their way become dark and slippery; and let the angel of the Lord pursue them.

7 For without cause they have hidden for me [the] pit of net their without cause they have dug for life my.

For without cause they have hidden their net for me unto destruction: without cause they have upbraided my soul.

8 May it come to him destruction [which] not he knows and net his which he hid may it catch him in destruction may he fall in it.

Let the snare which he knoweth not come upon him: and let the net which he hath hidden catch him: and let the net which he hath hidden catch him: and into that very snare let them fall.

9 And self my it will rejoice in Yahweh it will exult in salvation his.

But my soul shall rejoice in the Lord; and shall be delighted in his salvation.

10 All bones my - they will say O Yahweh who? [is] like you [one who] delivers a poor [person] from a person [too] strong for him and [the] poor and [the] needy from [one who] robs him.

All my bones shall say: Lord, who is like to thee? Who deliverest the poor from the hand of them that are stronger than he; the needy and the poor from them that strip him.

11 They rise up! witnesses of violence [that] which not I know they ask me.

Unjust witnesses rising up have asked me things I knew not.

12 They repay me harm in place of good bereavement [belongs] to self my.

They repaid me evil for good: to the depriving me of my soul.

13 And I - when were sick they clothing my [was] sackcloth I humbled with fasting self my and prayer my to bosom my it returned.

But as for me, when they were troublesome to me, I was clothed with haircloth. I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer shall be turned into my bosom.

14 Like a friend like a brother of me I went about like a mourner of a mother mourning I bowed.

As a neighbour and as an own brother, so did I please: as one mourning and sorrowful so was I humbled.

15 And at stumbling my they rejoiced and they gathered they gathered on me smitten [people] and not I knew they tore and not they were still.

But they rejoiced against me, and came together: scourges were gathered together upon me, and I knew not.

16 Godless [ones] of mockers of cake they gnashed towards me teeth their.

They were separated, and repented not: they tempted me, they scoffed at me with scorn: they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

17 O Lord how long? will you look bring back! life my from ravages their from young lions only [life] my.

Lord, when wilt thou look upon me? rescue thou soul from their malice: my only one from the lions.

18 I will give thanks to you in [the] assembly great among a people numerous I will praise you.

I will give thanks to thee in a great church; I will praise thee in a strong people.

19 May not they rejoice to me enemies my falsehood [those who] hate me without cause let them wink an eye.

Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: who have hated me without cause, and wink with the eyes.

20 For not peace they speak and on [the] quiet [people] of [the] land words of deceit they plan!

For they spoke indeed peaceably to me; and speaking in the anger of the earth they devised guile.

21 And they have opened wide on me mouth their they have said aha! - aha! it has seen eyes our.

And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said: Well done, well done, our eyes have seen it.

22 You have seen O Yahweh may not you be silent O Lord may not you be distant from me.

Thou hast seen, O Lord, be not thou silent: O Lord, depart not from me.

23 Wake up! and awake! for judgment my O God my and O Lord for cause my.

Arise, and be attentive to my judgment: to my cause, my God, and my Lord.

24 Vindicate me according to righteousness your O Yahweh God my and may not they rejoice to me.

Judge me, O Lord my God according to thy justice, and let them not rejoice over me.

25 May not they say in heart their aha! desire our may not they say we have swallowed him.

Let them not say in their hearts: It is well, it is well, to our mind: neither let them say: We have swallowed him up.

26 May they be ashamed and they may be abashed - altogether [the] [people] joyful of distress my may they be clothed shame and ignominy who magnify themselves on me.

Let them blush: and be ashamed together, who rejoice at my evils. Let them be clothed with confusion and shame, who speak great things against me.

27 May they shout for joy and they may rejoice [the] [people] desirous of righteousness my and may they say continually may he be great Yahweh desiring [the] welfare of servant his.

Let them rejoice and be glad, who are well pleased with my justice, and let them say always: The Lord be magnified, who delights in the peace of his servant.

28 And tongue my it will utter righteousness your all the day praise your.

Any my tongue shall meditate thy justice, thy praise all the day long.