Psalms 35

1 ♥ 📝 [ A Psalm of David.] Strive^H3401 thou, O Jehovah,^H3068 with them that strive^H3401 with me: Fight^H3898 thou against them that fight^H3898 against me.

2 ♥ 📝 Take hold^H2388 of shield^H4043 and buckler,^H6793 And stand up^H6965 for my help.^H5833

3 ♥ 📝 Draw out^H7324 also the spear,^H2595 and stop^H5462 the way against^H7125 them that pursue^H7291 me: Say^H559 unto my soul,^H5315 I am thy salvation.^H3444

4 ♥ 📝 Let them be put to shame^H954 and brought to dishonor^H3637 that seek^H1245 after my soul:^H5315 Let them be turned^H5472 back^H268 and confounded^H2659 that devise^H2803 my hurt.^H7451

5 ♥ 📝 Let them be as chaff^H4671 before^H6440 the wind,^H7307 And the angel^H4397 of Jehovah^H3068 driving^H1760 [them] on.

6 ♥ 📝 Let their way^H1870 be dark^H2822 and slippery,^H2519 And the angel^H4397 of Jehovah^H3068 pursuing^H7291 them.

7 ♥ 📝 For without cause^H2600 have they hid^H2934 for me their net^H7568 [in] a pit;^H7845 Without cause^H2600 have they digged^H2658 [a pit] for my soul.^H5315

8 ♥ 📝 Let destruction^H7722 come^H935 upon him unawares;^H3045 And let his net^H7568 that he hath hid^H2934 catch^H3920 himself: With destruction^H7722 let him fall^H5307 therein.

9 ♥ 📝 And my soul^H5315 shall be joyful^H1523 in Jehovah:^H3068 It shall rejoice^H7797 in his salvation.^H3444

10 ♥ 📝 All my bones^H6106 shall say,^H559 Jehovah,^H3068 who is like unto thee, Who deliverest^H5337 the poor^H6041 from him that is too strong^H2389 for him, Yea, the poor^H6041 and the needy^H34 from him that robbeth^H1497 him?

11 ♥ 📝 Unrighteous^H2555 witnesses^H5707 rise up;^H6965 They ask me of things^H7592 that I know^H3045 not.

12 ♥ 📝 They reward^H7999 me evil^H7451 for good,^H2896 [To] the bereaving^H7908 of my soul.^H5315

13 ♥ 📝 But as for me, when they were sick,^H2470 my clothing^H3830 was sackcloth:^H8242 I afflicted^H6031 my soul^H5315 with fasting;^H6685 And my prayer^H8605 returned^H7725 into mine own bosom.^H2436

14 ♥ 📝 I behaved^H1980 myself as though it had been my friend^H7453 or my brother:^H251 I bowed down^H7817 mourning,^H6937 as one that bewaileth^H57 his mother.^H517

15 ♥ 📝 But in mine adversity^H6761 they rejoiced,^H8055 and gathered themselves together:^H622 The abjects^H5222 gathered themselves together^H622 against me, and I knew^H3045 [it] not; They did tear^H7167 me, and ceased^H1826 not:

16 ♥ 📝 Like the profane^H2611 mockers^H3934 in feasts,^H4580 They gnashed^H2786 upon me with their teeth.^H8127

17 ♥ 📝 Lord,^H136 how long wilt thou look on?^H7200 Rescue^H7725 my soul^H5315 from their destructions,^H7722 My darling^H3173 from the lions.^H3715

18 ♥ 📝 I will give thee thanks^H3034 in the great^H7227 assembly:^H6951 I will praise^H1984 thee among much^H6099 people.^H5971

19 ♥ 📝 Let not them that are mine enemies^H341 wrongfully^H8267 rejoice^H8055 over me; Neither let them wink^H7169 with the eye^H5869 that hate^H8130 me without a cause.^H2600

20 ♥ 📝 For they speak^H1696 not peace;^H7965 But they devise^H2803 deceitful^H4820 words^H1697 against them that are quiet^H7282 in the land.^H776

21 ♥ 📝 Yea, they opened their mouth^H6310 wide^H7337 against me; They said,^H559 Aha,^H1889 aha,^H1889 our eye^H5869 hath seen^H7200 it.

22 ♥ 📝 Thou hast seen^H7200 it, O Jehovah;^H3068 Keep not silence:^H2790 O Lord,^H136 be not far^H7368 from me.

23 ♥ 📝 Stir up^H5782 thyself, and awake^H6974 to the justice^H4941 [due] unto me, [Even] unto my cause,^H7379 my God^H430 and my Lord.^H136

24 ♥ 📝 Judge^H8199 me, O Jehovah^H3068 my God,^H430 according to thy righteousness;^H6664 And let them not rejoice^H8055 over me.

25 ♥ 📝 Let them not say^H559 in their heart,^H3820 Aha,^H1889 so would we have it:^H5315 Let them not say,^H559 We have swallowed him up.^H1104

26 ♥ 📝 Let them be put to shame^H954 and confounded^H954 together^H3162 that rejoice^H8056 at my hurt:^H7451 Let them be clothed^H3847 with shame^H1322 and dishonor^H3639 that magnify^H1431 themselves against me.

27 ♥ 📝 Let them shout for joy,^H7442 and be glad,^H8055 that favor^H2655 my righteous cause:^H6664 Yea, let them say^H559 continually,^H8548 Jehovah^H3068 be magnified,^H1431 Who hath pleasure^H2655 in the prosperity^H7965 of his servant.^H5650

28 ♥ 📝 And my tongue^H3956 shall talk^H1897 of thy righteousness^H6664 [And] of thy praise^H8416 all the day^H3117 long.