Psalmorum 35
1 huic David iudica Domine nocentes me expugna expugnantes me
Yahweh, fight against those who fight against me! Fight against [my enemies] when they fight me!
2 adprehende arma et scutum et exsurge in adiutorium mihi
Be [like] a shield [DOU] to protect me and come to help me!
3 effunde frameam et conclude adversus eos qui persequuntur me dic animae meae salus tua ego sum
Lift up your spear [DOU] and [throw it] at those who pursue me! Promise me that you will enable me to defeat [my enemies].
4 confundantur et revereantur quaerentes animam meam avertantur retrorsum et confundantur cogitantes mihi mala
Cause those who are trying to kill me to be defeated and disgraced! Cause those who are planning to do evil things to me to be pushed back and become confused!
5 fiant tamquam pulvis ante faciem venti et angelus Domini coartans eos
Send your angel to pursue them, and as a result cause them to disappear like chaff/straw blown away by the wind!
6 fiat via illorum tenebrae et lubricum et angelus Domini persequens eos
Cause the path on which they run to be dark and slippery as your angel pursues them!
7 quoniam gratis absconderunt mihi interitum laquei sui supervacue exprobraverunt animam meam
Although I did not do anything wrong to them, they concealed a deep pit for me to fall into; they hid a net in which they would catch me.
8 veniat illi laqueus quem ignorat et captio quam abscondit conprehendat eum et in laqueo cadat in ipso
Cause them to suddenly experience disaster! Cause them to be trapped in their own nets! Cause them to fall into the pits that they have dug for me and disappear!
9 anima autem mea exultabit in Domino delectabitur super salutari suo
Then I will be joyful about what you, Yahweh, have done for me, I will be glad that you have rescued me.
10 omnia ossa mea dicent Domine quis similis tui eripiens inopem de manu fortiorum eius egenum et pauperem a diripientibus eum
With my whole inner being [SYN] I will say, “There is no one like Yahweh [RHQ]! No one else can rescue helpless people from powerful people [RHQ]. No one else can rescue weak and needy people from those who want to rob them.”
11 surgentes testes iniqui quae ignorabam interrogabant me
People who tell lies stand in court and falsely accuse me of doing things that I do not know [anything] about.
12 retribuebant mihi mala pro bonis sterilitatem animae meae
In return for my doing good things for them, they do evil things to me, with the result that I feel that I am alone.
13 ego autem cum mihi molesti essent induebar cilicio humiliabam in ieiunio animam meam et oratio mea in sinum meum convertetur
When they were ill, I showed that I was sad. I did not eat any food, and I bowed my head as I prayed [for them].
14 quasi proximum quasi fratrem nostrum sic conplacebam quasi lugens et contristatus sic humiliabar
I mourned and bowed my head as I prayed as though it was a friend or my mother for whom I was grieving.
15 et adversum me laetati sunt et convenerunt congregata sunt super me flagella et ignoravi
But when I had troubles, they were all happy about it. They gathered around to make fun of me. Strangers struck me, and they would not stop.
16 dissipati sunt nec conpuncti temptaverunt me subsannaverunt me subsannatione frenduerunt super me dentibus suis
Worthless people ridicule me and snarl at me.
17 Domine quando respicies restitue animam meam a malignitate eorum a leonibus unicam meam
Yahweh, how long will you only watch them doing this? Rescue me from their attacking me; Save me from being killed by these men who are attacking me like [MET] lions [that are attacking other animals]
18 confitebor tibi in ecclesia magna in populo gravi laudabo te
Then, when many of your people gather, I will praise you and I will thank you in front of all of them.
19 non supergaudeant mihi qui adversantur mihi inique qui oderunt me gratis et annuunt oculis
Do not allow my enemies, who tell lies about me, defeat me and then rejoice! Do not allow those who hate me when there in no reason to hate me to (smirk/smile happily)!
20 quoniam mihi quidem pacifice loquebantur et in iracundia terrae loquentes; dolos cogitabant
They do not talk peacefully to people; instead, they seek ways to tell lies about people who are peaceful.
21 et dilataverunt super me os suum dixerunt euge euge viderunt oculi nostri
They shout at me, to accuse me, saying, “We saw the wrong things that you did!”
22 vidisti Domine ne sileas Domine ne discedas a me
Yahweh, you have seen these things, so do not be silent! Do not stay far from me!
23 exsurge et intende iudicio meo Deus meus et Dominus meus in causam meam
Arise, my God, and plead my case in court, and successfully defend me!
24 iudica me secundum iustitiam tuam Domine Deus meus et non supergaudeant mihi
Yahweh, my God, because you are righteous, prove that I am innocent in order that my enemies will not be able to gloat [that I was judged to be guilty].
25 non dicant in cordibus suis euge euge animae nostrae nec dicant devoravimus eum
Do not allow them to be able to say to themselves, “Yes, we have gotten rid of him [IDM] just like we desired!”
26 erubescant et revereantur simul qui gratulantur malis meis induantur confusione et reverentia qui magna loquuntur super me
Cause those who rejoice about my misfortunes to be completely defeated and disgraced; cause those who boast that they are much greater than me to be disgraced and dishonored!
27 exultent et laetentur qui volunt iustitiam meam et dicant semper magnificetur Dominus qui volunt pacem servi eius
But cause those who desire that I be acquitted to be happy and shout joyfully, and cause them to continually say, “Yahweh is great! He is delighted to cause things to go well for those who serve him.”
28 et lingua mea meditabitur iustitiam tuam tota die laudem tuam
Then I will proclaim that you act righteously, and I will praise you all day long.
