Psalms35

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(Psa 35:1) Plead {my cause}, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
(Psa 35:2) Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
(Psa 35:3) Draw out also the spear, and stop {the way} against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I {am} thy salvation.
(Psa 35:4) Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
(Psa 35:5) Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase {them}.
(Psa 35:6) Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.
(Psa 35:7) For without cause have they hid for me their net {in} a pit, {which} without cause they have digged for my soul.
(Psa 35:8) Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
(Psa 35:9) And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
(Psa 35:10) All my bones shall say, Lord, who {is} like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
(Psa 35:11) False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge {things} that I knew not.
(Psa 35:12) They rewarded me evil for good {to} the spoiling of my soul.
(Psa 35:13) But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing {was} sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
(Psa 35:14) I behaved myself as though {he had been} my friend {or} brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth {for his} mother.
(Psa 35:15) But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: {yea}, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew {it} not; they did tear {me}, and ceased not:
(Psa 35:16) With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
(Psa 35:17) Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
(Psa 35:18) I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
(Psa 35:19) Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: {neither} let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
(Psa 35:20) For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against {them that are} quiet in the land.
(Psa 35:21) Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, {and} said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen {it}.
(Psa 35:22) {This} thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
(Psa 35:23) Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, {even} unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
(Psa 35:24) Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
(Psa 35:25) Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
(Psa 35:26) Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify {themselves} against me.
(Psa 35:27) Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
(Psa 35:28) And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness {and} of thy praise all the day long.
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