35:1 [Of
David.]
Contend,
O
LORD,
with
those
who
contend
with
me;
fight
against
those
who
fight
against
me!
35:2 Take
hold
of
shield
and
buckler
and
rise
for
my
help!
35:3 Draw
the
spear
and
javelin
against
my
pursuers!
Say
to
my
soul,
"I
am
your
salvation!"
35:4 Let
them
be
put
to
shame
and
dishonor
who
seek
after
my
life!
Let
them
be
turned
back
and
disappointed
who
devise
evil
against
me!
35:5 Let
them
be
like
chaff
before
the
wind,
with
the
angel
of
the
LORD
driving
them
away!
35:6 Let
their
way
be
dark
and
slippery,
with
the
angel
of
the
LORD
pursuing
them!
35:7 For
without
cause
they
hid
their
net
for
me;
without
cause
they
dug
a
pit
for
my
life.
35:8 Let
destruction
come
upon
him
when
he
does
not
know
it!
And
let
the
net
that
he
hid
ensnare
him;
let
him
fall
into
it--to
his
destruction!
35:9 Then
my
soul
will
rejoice
in
the
LORD,
exulting
in
his
salvation.
35:10 All
my
bones
shall
say,
"O
LORD,
who
is
like
you,
delivering
the
poor
from
him
who
is
too
strong
for
him,
the
poor
and
needy
from
him
who
robs
him"
35:11 Malicious
witnesses
rise
up;
they
ask
me
of
things
that
I
do
not
know.
35:12 They
repay
me
evil
for
good;
my
soul
is
bereft.
35:13 But
I,
when
they
were
sick--
I
wore
sackcloth;
I
afflicted
myself
with
fasting;
I
prayed
with
head
bowed
on
my
chest.
35:14 I
went
about
as
though
I
grieved
for
my
friend
or
my
brother;
as
one
who
laments
his
mother,
I
bowed
down
in
mourning.
35:15 But
at
my
stumbling
they
rejoiced
and
gathered;
they
gathered
together
against
me;
wretches
whom
I
did
not
know
tore
at
me
without
ceasing;
35:16 like
profane
mockers
at
a
feast,
they
gnash
at
me
with
their
teeth.
35:17 How
long,
O
Lord,
will
you
look
on
Rescue
me
from
their
destruction,
my
precious
life
from
the
lions!
35:18 I
will
thank
you
in
the
great
congregation;
in
the
mighty
throng
I
will
praise
you.
35:19 Let
not
those
rejoice
over
me
who
are
wrongfully
my
foes,
and
let
not
those
wink
the
eye
who
hate
me
without
cause.
35:20 For
they
do
not
speak
peace,
but
against
those
who
are
quiet
in
the
land
they
devise
words
of
deceit.
35:21 They
open
wide
their
mouths
against
me;
they
say,
"Aha,
Aha!
Our
eyes
have
seen
it!"
35:22 You
have
seen,
O
LORD;
be
not
silent!
O
Lord,
be
not
far
from
me!
35:23 Awake
and
rouse
yourself
for
my
vindication,
for
my
cause,
my
God
and
my
Lord!
35:24 Vindicate
me,
O
LORD,
my
God,
according
to
your
righteousness,
and
let
them
not
rejoice
over
me!
35:25 Let
them
not
say
in
their
hearts,
"Aha,
our
heart's
desire!"
Let
them
not
say,
"We
have
swallowed
him
up."
35:26 Let
them
be
put
to
shame
and
disappointed
altogether
who
rejoice
at
my
calamity!
Let
them
be
clothed
with
shame
and
dishonor
who
magnify
themselves
against
me!
35:27 Let
those
who
delight
in
my
righteousness
shout
for
joy
and
be
glad
and
say
evermore,
"Great
is
the
LORD,
who
delights
in
the
welfare
of
his
servant!"
35:28 Then
my
tongue
shall
tell
of
your
righteousness
and
of
your
praise
all
the
day
long.