35A David psalm. Harass these hecklers, GOD, punch these bullies in the nose.H1732H7378H3068H3401H3898H38982Grab a weapon, anything at hand; stand up for me!H2388H4043H6793H6965H58333Get ready to throw the spear, aim the javelin, at the people who are out to get me. Reassure me; let me hear you say, "I'll save you."H7324H2595H5462H7125H7291H559H5315H34444When those thugs try to knife me in the back, make them look foolish. Frustrate all those who are plotting my downfall.H954H3637H1245H5315H5472H268H2659H2803H74515Make them like cinders in a high wind, with GOD's angel working the bellows.H4671H6440H7307H4397H3068H17606Make their road lightless and mud-slick, with GOD's angel on their tails.H1870H2822H2519H4397H3068H72917Out of sheer cussedness they set a trap to catch me; for no good reason they dug a ditch to stop me.H2600H2934H7568H7845H2600H2658H53158Surprise them with your ambush— catch them in the very trap they set, the disaster they planned for me.H7722H935H3045H3808H7568H2934H3920H7722H53079But let me run loose and free, celebrating GOD's great work,H5315H1523H3068H7797H344410Every bone in my body laughing, singing, "GOD, there's no one like you. You put the down-and-out on their feet and protect the unprotected from bullies!"H6106H559H3068H5337H6041H2389H6041H34H149711Hostile accusers appear out of nowhere, they stand up and badger me.H2555H5707H6965H7592H304512They pay me back misery for mercy, leaving my soul empty.H7999H7451H2896H7908H531513When they were sick, I dressed in black; instead of eating, I prayed.H2470H3830H8242H6031H5315H6685H8605H7725H243614My prayers were like lead in my gut, like I'd lost my best friend, my brother. I paced, distraught as a motherless child, hunched and heavyhearted.H1980H7453H251H7817H6937H57H51715But when I was down they threw a party! All the nameless riffraff of the town came chanting insults about me.H6761H8055H622H5222H622H3045H7167H182616Like barbarians desecrating a shrine, they destroyed my reputation.H2611H3934H4580H2786H812717GOD, how long are you going to stand there doing nothing? Save me from their brutalities; everything I've got is being thrown to the lions.H136H7200H7725H5315H7722H3173H371518I will give you full credit when everyone gathers for worship; When the people turn out in force I will say my Hallelujahs.H3034H7227H6951H1984H6099H597119Don't let these liars, my enemies, have a party at my expense, Those who hate me for no reason, winking and rolling their eyes.H341H8267H8055H7169H5869H8130H260020No good is going to come from that crowd; They spend all their time cooking up gossip against those who mind their own business.H1696H7965H2803H4820H1697H7282H77621They open their mouths in ugly grins, Mocking, "Ha-ha, ha-ha, thought you'd get away with it? We've caught you hands down!"H6310H7337H559H1889H1889H5869H720022Don't you see what they're doing, GOD? You're not going to let them Get by with it, are you? Not going to walk off without doing something, are you?H7200H3068H2790H136H736823Please get up—wake up! Tend to my case. My God, my Lord—my life is on the line.H5782H6974H4941H7379H430H13624Do what you think is right, GOD, my God, but don't make me pay for their good time.H8199H3068H430H6664H805525Don't let them say to themselves, "Ha-ha, we got what we wanted." Don't let them say, "We've chewed him up and spit him out."H559H3820H1889H5315H559H110426Let those who are being hilarious at my expense Be made to look ridiculous. Make them wear donkey's ears; Pin them with the donkey's tail, who made themselves so high and mighty!H954H2659H3162H8056H7451H3847H1322H3639H143127But those who want the best for me, Let them have the last word—a glad shout!— and say, over and over and over, "GOD is great—everything works together for good for his servant."H7442H8055H2655H6664H559H8548H3068H1431H2655H7965H565028I'll tell the world how great and good you are, I'll shout Hallelujah all day, every day.H3956H1897H6664H8416H3117