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psalms 35

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

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