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Psalms 35:1
Psalms.
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Psalms 35:2
By David. Contend, LORD, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.
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Psalms 35:3
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.
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Psalms 35:4
Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, “I am your salvation.”
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Psalms 35:5
Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.
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Psalms 35:6
Let them be as chaff before the wind, the LORD’s angel driving them on.
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Psalms 35:7
Let their way be dark and slippery, the LORD’s angel pursuing them.
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Psalms 35:8
For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
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Psalms 35:9
Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.
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Psalms 35:10
My soul shall be joyful in the LORD. It shall rejoice in his salvation.
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Psalms 35:11
All my bones shall say, “LORD, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who rob...
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Psalms 35:12
Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.
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Psalms 35:13
They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.
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Psalms 35:14
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.
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Psalms 35:15
I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.
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Psalms 35:16
But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. The...
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Psalms 35:17
Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.
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Psalms 35:18
Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.
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Psalms 35:19
I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.
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Psalms 35:20
Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.
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Psalms 35:21
For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
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Psalms 35:22
Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!”
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Psalms 35:23
You have seen it, LORD. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.
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Psalms 35:24
Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!
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Psalms 35:25
Vindicate me, LORD my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.
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Psalms 35:26
Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!” Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”
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Psalms 35:27
Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves agains...
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Psalms 35:28
Let those who favor my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad. Yes, let them say continually, “May the LORD be magnified, who has pleasure in the p...
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Psalms 35:29
My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.