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Psalms 35
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35A David psalm. Harass these hecklers, GOD, punch these bullies in the nose.H1732H7378H3068H3401H3898H3898 2Grab a weapon, anything at hand; stand up for me!H2388H4043H6793H6965H5833 3Get 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."H7324H2595H5462H7125H7291H559H5315H3444 4When those thugs try to knife me in the back, make them look foolish. Frustrate all those who are plotting my downfall.H954H3637H1245H5315H5472H268H2659H2803H7451 5Make them like cinders in a high wind, with GOD's angel working the bellows.H4671H6440H7307H4397H3068H1760 6Make their road lightless and mud-slick, with GOD's angel on their tails.H1870H2822H2519H4397H3068H7291 7Out of sheer cussedness they set a trap to catch me; for no good reason they dug a ditch to stop me.H2600H2934H7568H7845H2600H2658H5315 8Surprise them with your ambush— catch them in the very trap they set, the disaster they planned for me.H7722H935H3045H3808H7568H2934H3920H7722H5307 9But let me run loose and free, celebrating GOD's great work,H5315H1523H3068H7797H3444 10Every 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!"H6106H559H3068H5337H6041H2389H6041H34H1497 11Hostile accusers appear out of nowhere, they stand up and badger me.H2555H5707H6965H7592H3045 12They pay me back misery for mercy, leaving my soul empty.H7999H7451H2896H7908H5315 13When they were sick, I dressed in black; instead of eating, I prayed.H2470H3830H8242H6031H5315H6685H8605H7725H2436 14My 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.H1980H7453H251H7817H6937H57H517 15But when I was down they threw a party! All the nameless riffraff of the town came chanting insults about me.H6761H8055H622H5222H622H3045H7167H1826 16Like barbarians desecrating a shrine, they destroyed my reputation.H2611H3934H4580H2786H8127 17GOD, 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.H136H7200H7725H5315H7722H3173H3715 18I will give you full credit when everyone gathers for worship; When the people turn out in force I will say my Hallelujahs.H3034H7227H6951H1984H6099H5971 19Don't let these liars, my enemies, have a party at my expense, Those who hate me for no reason, winking and rolling their eyes.H341H8267H8055H7169H5869H8130H2600 20No good is going to come from that crowd; They spend all their time cooking up gossip against those who mind their own business.H1696H7965H2803H4820H1697H7282H776 21They open their mouths in ugly grins, Mocking, "Ha-ha, ha-ha, thought you'd get away with it? We've caught you hands down!"H6310H7337H559H1889H1889H5869H7200 22Don'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?H7200H3068H2790H136H7368 23Please get up—wake up! Tend to my case. My God, my Lord—my life is on the line.H5782H6974H4941H7379H430H136 24Do what you think is right, GOD, my God, but don't make me pay for their good time.H8199H3068H430H6664H8055 25Don'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."H559H3820H1889H5315H559H1104 26Let 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!H954H2659H3162H8056H7451H3847H1322H3639H1431 27But 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."H7442H8055H2655H6664H559H8548H3068H1431H2655H7965H5650 28I'll tell the world how great and good you are, I'll shout Hallelujah all day, every day.H3956H1897H6664H8416H3117


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