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2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise in help of me, 3 and draw out the spear and javelin against those pursuing me! Say to my soul, “I am your salvation.” 4 Let them be shamed and dishonored, those seeking my soul; let them be turned back and confounded, those planning evil for me! 5 Let them be like chaff before the wind, and the angel of YHWH driving them away. 6 Let their path be darkness and slickness—and let the angel of YHWH pursue them! 7 For without cause, they have hidden a pit for me—their net; they have dug one for my soul without cause. 8 Let destruction come upon him that he shall not know, and the net that he has hidden, let it catch him; the destruction, let him fall into it! 9 And my soul will rejoice in YHWH; it will exult in His salvation. 10 All my bones will say, “O YHWH, who is like You?—Snatching the afflicted from the one stronger than he, and the afflicted one and the needy one from the one plundering him.” 11 Violent witnesses rise up; those whom I do not know; they interrogate me. 12 They repay me evil in place of good, to the bereavement of my soul. 13 And I—in their sickness my clothing is sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned upon my bosom. 14 As for a friend or brother to me—I went about as one mourning; in grief as for my mother, I bowed down. 15 And in my stumbling, they were glad and gathered themselves together; attackers they gathered together against me, and ones I did not know, they tore and did not cease., 16 Like godless mockers at a feast, they gnashed at me with their teeth. 17 O Lord, how long will you look on? Turn back my soul from their ravages, my only one from the young lions! 18 I will give You thanks in the great assembly; among a mighty people I will praise You. 19 Do not let my enemies rejoice over me in deception; those hating me for no reason wink the eye. 20 For they do not speak peace, and against the quiet of the land, they devise words of deceit. 21 And they opened wide against me their mouths; they said, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen it!” 22 You have seen it, O YHWH; do not be silent! O Lord, do not be far from me! 23 Rouse Yourself, and awaken to my judgment, my God and my Lord, to my cause! 24 Judge for me according to Your righteousness, O YHWH my God, and do not let them rejoice over me. 25 Do not let them say in their heart, “Aha, our desire!” Do not let them say, “We have swallowed him up!” 26 Let them be put to shame and brought to confusion together, those being glad at my distress; may they be clothed with shame and dishonor, those magnifying themselves over me! 27 Let them shout for joy and be glad, those desiring my vindication, and let them say continually, “Let YHWH be magnified, the One delighting in the welfare of His servant!” 28 And my tongue shall utter Your righteousness—Your praise all the day. Psalms 35:2-28, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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