Book of Psalms, No. 35
Psalms 35 ASV - American Standard VersionNo. 35 of the Psalms—American Standard Version (ASV)
- ¶ Strive thou, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me:
¶ Fight thou against them that fight against me. - ¶ Take hold of shield and buckler,
¶ And stand up for my help. - ¶ Draw out also the spear, [a]and stop the way against them that pursue me:
¶ Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. - ¶ Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor that seek after my soul:
¶ Let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt. - ¶ Let them be as chaff before the wind,
¶ And the angel of Jehovah driving them on. - ¶ Let their way be [b]dark and slippery,
¶ And the angel of Jehovah pursuing them. - ¶ For without cause have they hid for me [c]their net in a pit;
¶ Without cause have they digged a pit for my soul. - ¶ Let destruction come upon him unawares;
¶ And let his net that he hath hid catch himself:
¶ [d]With destruction let him fall therein. - ¶ And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah:
¶ It shall rejoice in his salvation. - ¶ All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee,
¶ Who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him,
¶ Yea, the poor and the needy from him that robbeth him? - ¶ [e]1Unrighteous witnesses rise up;
¶ They ask me of things that I know not. - ¶ They reward me evil for good,
¶ To the bereaving of my soul. - ¶ But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth:
¶ I afflicted my soul with fasting;
¶ And my prayer [f]returned into mine own bosom. - ¶ I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother:
¶ I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother. - ¶ But in [g]mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together:
¶ The [h]abjects gathered themselves together against me, and [i]I knew it not;
¶ They did tear me, and ceased not: - ¶ [j]Like the profane mockers in feasts,
¶ They gnashed upon me with their teeth. - ¶ Lord, how long wilt thou look on?
¶ Rescue my soul from their destructions,
¶ My [k]darling from the lions. - ¶ I will give thee thanks in the great assembly:
¶ I will praise thee among [l]much people. - ¶ Let not them that are mine enemies [m]wrongfully rejoice over me;
¶ Neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. - ¶ For they speak not peace;
¶ But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land. - ¶ Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me;
¶ They said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. - ¶ Thou hast seen it, O Jehovah; keep not silence:
¶ O Lord, be not far from me. - ¶ Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice due unto me,
¶ Even unto my cause, my God and my Lord. - ¶ Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness;
¶ And let them not rejoice over me. - ¶ Let them not say in their heart, [n]Aha, so would we have it:
¶ Let them not say, We have swallowed him up. - ¶ Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt:
¶ Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me. - ¶ Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that [o]favor my righteous cause:
¶ Yea, let them say continually, Jehovah be magnified,
¶ Who hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. - ¶ And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness
¶ And of thy praise all the day long.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Or, and the battle axe against etc.
- ^ Hebrew darkness and slippery places.
- ^ Or, the pit of their net
- ^ Or, Into that very destruction let him fall
- ^ Or, Malicious. See Ex. 23:1.
- ^ Or, shall return
- ^ Hebrew my limping.
- ^ Or, smiters
- ^ Or, those whom I knew not
- ^ Or, Among
- ^ Or, dear life Hebrew only one.
- ^ Or, a mighty people
- ^ Hebrew falsely.
- ^ Hebrew Aha, our desire.
- ^ Hebrew have pleasure in my righteousness.
REFERENCES
- ^ Ex 23:1
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