Psalm 35 — Legacy Standard Bible

Yahweh Be Magnified

Of David.

Contend, O Yahweh, with those who ^acontend with me;Fight against those who ^bfight against me.²Take hold of ¹^,^ashield and large shieldAnd rise up for ^bmy help.³Draw also the spear and ¹the battle-axe to meet those who pursue me;Say to my soul, “I am ^ayour salvation.”⁴Let those be ^aashamed and dishonored who seek my ¹life;Let those who devise evil against me be ^bturned back and humiliated.⁵Let them be ^alike chaff before the wind,With the angel of Yahweh driving them on.⁶Let their way be dark and ^aslippery,With the angel of Yahweh pursuing them.⁷For ^awithout cause they ^bhid their net for me;Without cause they dug a ¹pit for my soul.⁸Let ^adestruction, which he does not know, come upon him,And ^blet the net, which he hid, catch him;Let him fall into it in ^cdestruction.⁹And my soul shall ^arejoice in Yahweh;It shall ^bbe joyful in His salvation.¹⁰All my ^abones will say, “Yahweh, ^bwho is like You,Who delivers the afflicted from him ^cwho is too strong for him,And ^dthe afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?”¹¹^aMalicious witnesses rise up,Who ask me of things that I do not know.¹²They ^arepay me evil for good,It is bereavement to my soul.¹³But as for me, ^awhen they were sick, my ^bclothing was sackcloth;I ^chumbled my soul with fasting,And my ^dprayer kept returning to my bosom.¹⁴I walked about as though it were my friend or brother;I ^abowed down ¹mourning, as one who sorrows for a mother.¹⁵But ^aat my ¹stumbling they were glad and gathered themselves together;The ²^,^bsmiters whom I did not know gathered together against me,They ^ctore at me and never were silent.¹⁶Amongst the godless jesters at a feast,They ^agnashed at me with their teeth.¹⁷Lord, ^ahow long will You look on?Bring back my soul ^bfrom their ravages,My ^conly life from the lions.¹⁸I will ^agive You thanks in the great assembly;I will ^bpraise You among a mighty people.¹⁹^aLet those who are wrongfully ^bmy enemies not be glad over me;Nor let those ^cwho hate me without cause ¹^,^dwink maliciously.²⁰For they do not speak peace,But they devise ^adeceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.²¹They ^aopened their mouth wide against me;They said, “^bAha, aha, our eyes have seen it!”²²^aYou have seen it, O Yahweh, ^bdo not keep silent;O Lord, ^cdo not be far from me.²³^aStir up Yourself, and awake to my justiceAnd to my cause, my God and my Lord.²⁴^aJudge me, O Yahweh my God, according to Your righteousness,And ^bdo not let them be glad over me.²⁵Do not let them say in their heart, “^aAha, our desire!”Do not let them say, “We have ^bswallowed him up!”²⁶Let ^athose be ashamed and humiliated altogether who are glad at the evil done to me;Let those be ^bclothed with shame and dishonor who ^cmagnify themselves over me.²⁷Let them ^ashout for joy and be glad, who delight in ^bmy righteousness;And ^clet them say continually, “Yahweh be magnified,Who ^ddelights in the peace of His slave.”²⁸And ^amy tongue shall utter Your righteousnessAnd Your praise all day long.