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35:1  A Psalm of David. Plead my cause, O Lord, with my adversaries; fight those who fight me.
35:2  Take hold of the large shield and small shield, and rise up for my help.
35:3  Draw the spear and javelin against those who pursue me. Say to my soul, “I am Your salvation.”
35:4  May those who seek my life be ashamed and humiliated; may those who plan my injury be turned back and put to shame.
35:5  May they be as chaff before the wind, and may the angel of the Lord cast them down.
35:6  May their way be dark and slippery, and may the angel of the Lord pursue them.
35:7  For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit, which they have dug without cause for my soul.
35:8  Let destruction come on him without warning, and let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it, to his destruction.
35:9  My soul will be joyful in the Lord; it will rejoice in His salvation.
35:10  All my bones will say, “Lord, who is like You, who delivers the poor from a stronger one, the poor and the needy from the one who robs them?”
35:11  Witnesses intent on violence rose up; they accused me of things I knew nothing about.
35:12  They rewarded me evil for good, the bereavement of my soul.
35:13  But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returns to my own heart.
35:14  I paced as though he were my friend or brother; I bowed down lamenting, as one who mourns for a mother.
35:15  But in my adversity they rejoiced and gathered together; assailants gathered together against me, though I was unaware; they tore me apart and did not stop;
35:16  with hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed on me with their teeth.
35:17  Lord, how long will You look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my life from the lions.
35:18  I will give You thanks in the great congregation; I will praise You among a mighty people.
35:19  May my deceitful enemies not rejoice over me; nor may those who hate me without cause wink with their eye.
35:20  For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful matters against the restful ones in the land.
35:21  They opened their mouth wide against me, and said, “Aha, aha, our eye has seen it.”
35:22  This You have seen, O Lord; do not be silent; O Lord, be not far from me.
35:23  Rouse Yourself and awake for my judgment, for my cause, my God and my Lord.
35:24  Judge me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness, and may they not rejoice over me.
35:25  May they not say in their hearts, “Ah, we have our soul’s desire.” May they not say, “We have swallowed him up.”
35:26  May those who rejoice at my harm be ashamed and altogether put to shame; may they be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.
35:27  May those who favor my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad; may they say continually, “The Lord be magnified, who delights in the peace of His servant.”
35:28  My tongue will speak of Your righteousness and of Your praise all the day long.