Psalms 35 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 <V 34:1>Of David himself. O Lord, judge those who harm me; assail those who attack me. Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me! Of David. Contend, LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me.
2 <V 34:2>Take hold of weapons and a shield, and rise up in assistance to me. Take hold of shield and buckler and rise for my help! Take up shield and armor; arise and come to my aid.
3 <V 34:3>Bring forth the spear, and close in on those who persecute me. Say to my soul, “I am your salvation.” Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers! Say to my soul, “I am your salvation!” Brandish spear and javelin against those who pursue me. Say to me, “I am your salvation.”
4 <V 34:4>Let them be confounded and in awe, who pursue my soul. Let them be turned back and be confounded, who think up evil against me. Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life! Let them be turned back and disappointed who devise evil against me! May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plot my ruin be turned back in dismay.
5 <V 34:5>May they become like dust before the face of the wind, and let the Angel of the Lord hem them in. Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them away! May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them away;
6 <V 34:6>May their way become dark and slippery, and may the Angel of the Lord pursue them. Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them! may their path be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them.
7 <V 34:7>For, without cause, they have concealed their snare for me unto destruction. Over nothing, they have rebuked my soul. For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life. Since they hid their net for me without cause and without cause dug a pit for me,
8 <V 34:8>Let the snare, of which he is ignorant, come upon him, and let the deception, which he has hidden, take hold of him: and may he fall into that very snare. Let 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! may ruin overtake them by surprise— may the net they hid entangle them, may they fall into the pit, to their ruin.
9 <V 34:9>But my soul will exult in the Lord and delight over his salvation. Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD, exulting in his salvation. Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and delight in his salvation.
10 <V 34:10>All my bones will say, “Lord, who is like you?” He rescues the needy from the hand of the stronger one, the indigent and the poor from those who plunder him. All 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?” My whole being will exclaim, “Who is like you, LORD? You rescue the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from those who rob them.”
11 <V 34:11>Unfair witnesses have risen up, interrogating me about things of which I am ignorant. Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I do not know. Ruthless witnesses come forward; they question me on things I know nothing about.
12 <V 34:12>They repaid me evil for good, to the deprivation of my soul. They repay me evil for good; my soul is bereft. They repay me evil for good and leave me like one bereaved.
13 <V 34:13>But as for me, when they were harassing me, I was clothed with haircloth. I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer will become my sinews. But I, when they were sick— I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed on my chest. Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. When my prayers returned to me unanswered,
14 <V 34:14>Like a neighbor, and like our brother, so did I please; like one mourning and contrite, so was I humbled. I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother; as one who laments his mother, I bowed down in mourning. I went about mourning as though for my friend or brother. I bowed my head in grief as though weeping for my mother.
15 <V 34:15>And they have been joyful against me, and they joined together. Scourges have been gathered over me, and I was ignorant of it. But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered; they gathered together against me; wretches whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing; But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee; assailants gathered against me without my knowledge. They slandered me without ceasing.
16 <V 34:16>They have been scattered, yet they were unremorseful. They have tested me. They scoffed at me with scorn. They gnashed their teeth over me. like profane mockers at a feast, they gnash at me with their teeth. Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked; they gnashed their teeth at me.
17 <V 34:17>Lord, when will you look down upon me? Restore my soul from before their malice, my only one from before the lions. How long, O Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their destruction, my precious life from the lions! How long, Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
18 <V 34:18>I will confess to you in a great Church. I will praise you among a weighty people. I will thank you in the great congregation; in the mighty throng I will praise you. I will give you thanks in the great assembly; among the throngs I will praise you.
19 <V 34:19>May those who are my unjust adversaries not be glad over me: those who have hated me without cause, and who nod agreement with their eyes. Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause. Do not let those gloat over me who are my enemies without cause; do not let those who hate me without reason maliciously wink the eye.
20 <V 34:20>For indeed, they spoke peacefully to me; and speaking with passion to the earth, they intended deceit. For they do not speak peace, but against those who are quiet in the land they devise words of deceit. They do not speak peaceably, but devise false accusations against those who live quietly in the land.
21 <V 34:21>And they opened their mouth wide over me. They said, “Well, well, our eyes have seen.” They open wide their mouths against me; they say, “Aha, Aha! Our eyes have seen it!” They sneer at me and say, “Aha! Aha! With our own eyes we have seen it.”
22 <V 34:22>You have seen, O Lord, do not be silent. Lord, do not depart from me. You have seen, O LORD; be not silent! O Lord, be not far from me! LORD, you have seen this; do not be silent. Do not be far from me, Lord.
23 <V 34:23>Rise up and be attentive to my judgment, to my cause, my God and my Lord. Awake and rouse yourself for my vindication, for my cause, my God and my Lord! Awake, and rise to my defense! Contend for me, my God and Lord.
24 <V 34:24>Judge me according to your justice, O Lord, my God, and do not let them be glad over me. Vindicate me, O LORD, my God, according to your righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me! Vindicate me in your righteousness, LORD my God; do not let them gloat over me.
25 <V 34:25>Do not let them say in their hearts, “Well, well, to our soul.” Neither let them say, “We have devoured him.” Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, our heart’s desire!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.” Do not let them think, “Aha, just what we wanted!” or say, “We have swallowed him up.”
26 <V 34:26>Let them blush and be in awe together, those who congratulate at my misfortunes. Let them be clothed with confusion and awe, who speak great things against me. Let 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! May all who gloat over my distress be put to shame and confusion; may all who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and disgrace.
27 <V 34:27>Let them exult and rejoice, who wish my justice, and let them ever say, “The Lord be magnified,” who will the peace of his servant. Let 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!” May those who delight in my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “The LORD be exalted, who delights in the well-being of his servant.”
28 <V 34:28>And so my tongue will express your justice: your praise all day long. Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long. My tongue will proclaim your righteousness, your praises all day long.
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