vw - Psalms:35

vw@Psalms:35:1 @ Plead my case, O Jehovah, against those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me.

vw@Psalms:35:2 @ Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.

vw@Psalms:35:3 @ Also draw out the spear and close up the way against those who pursue me; say to my soul, I am your salvation.

vw@Psalms:35:4 @ Let those who seek after my soul be put to shame and dishonored; let those who devise evil against me be turned back and abashed.

vw@Psalms:35:5 @ Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the Angel of Jehovah drive them away.

vw@Psalms:35:6 @ Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the Angel of Jehovah pursue them.

vw@Psalms:35:7 @ For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit; without cause they have dug for my soul.

vw@Psalms:35:8 @ Let destruction come upon him before he knows it, and let his net which he has concealed catch him; let him fall into that very destruction.

vw@Psalms:35:9 @ And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah; it shall rejoice in His salvation.

vw@Psalms:35:10 @ All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like You, who delivers the lowly from him who is too strong for him; yea, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?

vw@Psalms:35:11 @ Violent witnesses rose up; they asked of me things which I have not known.

vw@Psalms:35:12 @ They rewarded me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.

vw@Psalms:35:13 @ But when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fastings; and my prayer returned into my own bosom.

vw@Psalms:35:14 @ As a friend, as to my brother, I walked about; as one who mourns for a mother, I was bowed down in gloom, mourning.

vw@Psalms:35:15 @ But at my stumbling they gathered themselves together and rejoiced; and before I knew it the attackers gathered themselves against me; they tore at me and were not still;

vw@Psalms:35:16 @ with the hypocrites, mockers, for a cake, they gnashed at me with their teeth.

vw@Psalms:35:17 @ O Jehovah, how long will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my only one from the lions.

vw@Psalms:35:18 @ I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.

vw@Psalms:35:19 @ Let not those who are my deceitful enemies rejoice over me, nor let those who hate me without cause wink with the eye.

vw@Psalms:35:20 @ For they do not speak peace; but they devise deceitful things against the quiet ones of the earth.

vw@Psalms:35:21 @ They also open wide their mouths against me and have said, Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen it.

vw@Psalms:35:22 @ You have seen this, O Jehovah; do not keep silent; O Jehovah, do not be far from me.

vw@Psalms:35:23 @ Stir up Yourself and awake to my justice, to my case, my God and my Lord.

vw@Psalms:35:24 @ Give judgment for me, O Jehovah my God, according to Your righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

vw@Psalms:35:25 @ Let them not say in their hearts, Aha! Our Soul! Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

vw@Psalms:35:26 @ Let them be ashamed and abashed together, those who rejoice over my adversity. Let them be clothed with shame and reproach who magnify themselves against me.

vw@Psalms:35:27 @ Let those who delight in my justification shout and rejoice; and let them say continually, Let Jehovah be magnified, who delights in the welfare of His servant.

vw@Psalms:35:28 @ And my tongue shall speak of Your righteousness and of Your praise all day long.