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35:1  A psalm of David. Adonai, oppose those who oppose me. Fight those who fight me.
35:2  Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise up to my help.
35:3  Draw out also a spear and battle-axe. Stop those who pursue me. Say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”
35:4  May those who seek my life be ashamed and disgraced. May they be turned back and humiliated —those who plot evil against me.
35:5  May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of Adonai driving them off.
35:6  May their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of Adonai pursuing them.
35:7  For without cause they hid their net for me, and without cause they dug a pit for my soul.
35:8  Let ruin come upon him by surprise. Let the net he hid entangle himself —into that same pit let him fall.
35:9  Then my soul will rejoice in Adonai and delight in His salvation.
35:10  All my bones will say: “Adonai, who is like You, rescuing the poor from one too strong for him, the poor and needy from one who robs him?”
35:11  Violent witnesses rise up. They question me about things I know nothing about.
35:12  They repay me evil for good— my soul is forlorn.
35:13  But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting, my prayer kept returning to my heart.
35:14  I went about mourning as though for my own friend or brother. I bowed down dressed in black as though for my own mother.
35:15  But at my stumbling they gathered in glee. Wretches gathered against me whom I did not know, tearing at me without ceasing.
35:16  They mocked profanely, as if at a feast, they gnashed at me with their teeth.
35:17  My Lord, how long will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages— my solitary existence from the lions.
35:18  I praise You in the great assembly, acclaiming You among a throng of people.
35:19  Do not let my deceitful enemies gloat over me without cause, nor let those who hate me for nothing wink an eye.
35:20  For they never speak shalom, but devise deceitful words against the quiet ones in the land.
35:21  Yes, they open their mouth wide against me, saying: “Aha! Aha! Our own eyes have seen it!”
35:22  You have seen it, Adonai—be not silent! Adonai, be not far from me.
35:23  Arise, awaken to my defense, to my cause—my God and my Lord!
35:24  Vindicate me, Adonai my God, according to Your justice, and do not let them gloat over me.
35:25  Don’t let them say in their heart: “Aha! Just what we wanted!” Don’t let them say: “We swallowed him up!”
35:26  May they be ashamed and humiliated, those who rejoice over my misery. May they who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and disgrace.
35:27  May they shout for joy and be glad, those who delight in my righteous cause. May they always say: “Exalted be Adonai, who delights in His servant’s shalom.”
35:28  Then my tongue will declare aloud Your justice and Your praises all day.