35CONTEND, O Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!H1732H7378H3068H3401H3898H38982Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help!H2388H4043H6793H6965H58333Draw out also the spear and javelin {and} close up the way of those who pursue {and} persecute me. Say to me, I am your deliverance!H7324H2595H5462H7125H7291H559H5315H34444Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek {and} require my life; let them be turned back and confounded who plan my hurt!H954H3637H1245H5315H5472H268H2659H2803H74515Let them be as chaff before the wind, with the Angel of the Lord driving them on!H4671H6440H7307H4397H3068H17606Let their way be through dark and slippery places, with the Angel of the Lord pursuing {and} afflicting them.H1870H2822H2519H4397H3068H72917For without cause they hid for me their net; a pit of destruction without cause they dug for my life.H2600H2934H7568H7845H2600H2658H53158Let destruction befall [my foe] unawares; let the net he hid for me catch him; let him fall into that very destruction.H7722H935H3045H3808H7568H2934H3920H7722H53079Then I shall be joyful in the Lord; I shall rejoice in His deliverance.H5315H1523H3068H7797H344410All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like You, You Who deliver the poor {and} the afflicted from him who is too strong for him, yes, the poor and the needy from him who snatches away his goods?H6106H559H3068H5337H6041H2389H6041H34H149711Malicious {and} unrighteous witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not.H2555H5707H6965H7592H304512They reward me evil for good to my personal bereavement.H7999H7451H2896H7908H531513But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting, and I prayed with head bowed on my breast.H2470H3830H8242H6031H5315H6685H8605H7725H243614I behaved as if grieving for my friend {or} my brother; I bowed down in sorrow, as one who bewails his mother.H1980H7453H251H7817H6937H57H51715But in my stumbling {and} limping they rejoiced and gathered together [against me]; the smiters (slanderers and revilers) gathered against me, and I knew them not; they ceased not to slander {and} revile me.H6761H8055H622H5222H622H3045H7167H182616Like profane mockers at feasts [making sport for the price of a cake] they gnashed at me with their teeth.H2611H3934H4580H2786H812717Lord, how long will You look on [without action]? Rescue my life from their destructions, my dear {and} only life from the lions!H136H7200H7725H5315H7722H3173H371518I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among a mighty throng.H3034H7227H6951H1984H6099H597119Let not those who are wrongfully my foes rejoice over me; neither let them wink with the eye who hate me without cause.H341H8267H8055H7169H5869H8130H260020For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful matters against those who are quiet in the land.H1696H7965H2803H4820H1697H7282H77621Yes, they open their mouths wide against me; they say, Aha! Aha! Our eyes have seen it!H6310H7337H559H1889H1889H5869H720022You have seen this, O Lord; keep not silence! O Lord, be not far from me!H7200H3068H2790H136H736823Arouse Yourself, awake to the justice due me, even to my cause, my God and my Lord!H5782H6974H4941H7379H430H13624Judge {and} vindicate me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness (Your rightness and justice); and let [my foes] not rejoice over me!H8199H3068H430H6664H805525Let them not say in their hearts, Aha, that is what we wanted! Let them not say, We have swallowed him up {and} utterly destroyed him.H559H3820H1889H5315H559H110426Let them be put to shame and confusion together who rejoice at my calamity! Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify {and} exalt themselves over me!H954H2659H3162H8056H7451H3847H1322H3639H143127Let those who favor my righteous cause {and} have pleasure in my uprightness shout for joy and be glad and say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, Who takes pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.H7442H8055H2655H6664H559H8548H3068H1431H2655H7965H565028And my tongue shall talk of Your righteousness, rightness, {and} justice, and of [my reasons for] Your praise all the day long.H3956H1897H6664H8416H3117