Psalms:35

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* O Jehovah , defend me from those who attack me . Fight against those who fight against me . * Use your shields , both small and large . Arise to help me . * Hold your spear to block the way of those who pursue me . Say to me : I am your salvation . * Let those who seek my life be put to shame and disgraced . Let those who plan my downfall be turned back in confusion . * Let them be like chaff blown by the wind as the angel of Jehovah chases them . * Let their path be dark and slippery as the angel of Jehovah pursues them . * They hid their net in a pit for no reason . They dug the pit to trap me for no reason . * Surprise them with destruction . Let the net that they hid catch them . Let them fall into their own pit and be destroyed . * I will find joy in Jehovah and be joyful about his salvation . * All my bones will say : »O Jehovah , who can compare with you ? You rescue the weak person from the one who is too strong for him and weak and needy people from the one who robs them .« * Violent witnesses bring charges against me . They ask me things I know nothing about . * I am devastated because they pay me back with evil instead of good . * But when they were sick , I wore sackcloth . I humbled myself with fasting . My prayer returned unanswered . * I walked around as if I were mourning for my friend or my brother . I was bent over as if I were mourning for my mother . * Yet , when I stumbled , they rejoiced and gathered together . They gathered together against me . Unknown attackers tore me apart without stopping . * With godless and abusive mockers , they grit their teeth at me . * O Jehovah , how long will you observe ? Rescue me from their attacks . Rescue my precious life from the lions . * I will give you thanks in the large congregation . I will praise you in a mighty crowd . * Do not let my treacherous enemies gloat over me . Do not let those who hate me for no reason wink maliciously . * They do not talk about peace . Instead , they scheme against the peaceful people in the land . * They open their mouths against me and say : Aha ! Aha ! Our own eyes have seen it . * Now you see it , O Jehovah . Do not remain silent . O Jehovah , do not be so far away from me . * Wake up , and rise to my defense . Plead my case , O my God Jehovah . * Judge me by your righteousness , O Jehovah my God . Do not let them gloat . * Do not let them say : Aha , just what we wanted ! We have swallowed him up . * Let those who gloat over my downfall be thoroughly put to shame and confused . Let those who promote themselves at my expense be clothed with shame and disgrace . * Let those who are happy when I am declared innocent joyfully sing and rejoice . Let them continually say : »Jehovah is great . He is happy when his servant has peace .« * My tongue will declare your righteousness and your praise all day long .

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