35[Of David.] Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!H1732H7378H3068H3401H3898H38982Take hold of shield and buckler and rise for my help!H2388H4043H6793H6965H58333Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers! Say to my soul, "I am your salvation!"H7324H2595H5462H7125H7291H559H5315H34444Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life! Let them be turned back and disappointed who devise evil against me!H954H3637H1245H5315H5472H268H2659H2803H74515Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them away!H4671H6440H7307H4397H3068H17606Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them!H1870H2822H2519H4397H3068H72917For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.H2600H2934H7568H7845H2600H2658H53158Let destruction come upon him when he does not know it! And let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it—to his destruction!H7722H935H3045H3808H7568H2934H3920H7722H53079Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD, exulting in his salvation.H5315H1523H3068H7797H344410All my bones shall say, "O LORD, who is like you, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and needy from him who robs him?"H6106H559H3068H5337H6041H2389H6041H34H149711Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I do not know.H2555H5707H6965H7592H304512They repay me evil for good; my soul is bereft.H7999H7451H2896H7908H531513But I, when they were sick— I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed on my chest.H2470H3830H8242H6031H5315H6685H8605H7725H243614I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother; as one who laments his mother, I bowed down in mourning.H1980H7453H251H7817H6937H57H51715But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered; they gathered together against me; wretches whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing;H6761H8055H622H5222H622H3045H7167H182616like profane mockers at a feast, they gnash at me with their teeth.H2611H3934H4580H2786H812717How long, O Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their destruction, my precious life from the lions!H136H7200H7725H5315H7722H3173H371518I will thank you in the great congregation; in the mighty throng I will praise you.H3034H7227H6951H1984H6099H597119Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause.H341H8267H8055H7169H5869H8130H260020For they do not speak peace, but against those who are quiet in the land they devise words of deceit.H1696H7965H2803H4820H1697H7282H77621They open wide their mouths against me; they say, "Aha, Aha! Our eyes have seen it!"H6310H7337H559H1889H1889H5869H720022You have seen, O LORD; be not silent! O Lord, be not far from me!H7200H3068H2790H136H736823Awake and rouse yourself for my vindication, for my cause, my God and my Lord!H5782H6974H4941H7379H430H13624Vindicate me, O LORD, my God, according to your righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me!H8199H3068H430H6664H805525Let them not say in their hearts, "Aha, our heart's desire!" Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up."H559H3820H1889H5315H559H110426Let them be put to shame and disappointed altogether who rejoice at my calamity! Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me!H954H2659H3162H8056H7451H3847H1322H3639H143127Let those who delight in my righteousness shout for joy and be glad and say evermore, "Great is the LORD, who delights in the welfare of his servant!"H7442H8055H2655H6664H559H8548H3068H1431H2655H7965H565028Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long.H3956H1897H6664H8416H3117