Psalm 35 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Prayer for Rescue from Enemies.

Psa 35:1A Psalm of David. Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!

Psa 35:2Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise for my help!

Psa 35:3Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers! Say to my soul, "I am your deliverance!"

Psa 35:4Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life! Let them be turned back and confounded who devise evil against me!

Psa 35:5

Psa 35:5Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them on!

Psa 35:6

Psa 35:6Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them!

Psa 35:7

Psa 35:7For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.

Psa 35:8

Psa 35:8Let ruin come upon them unawares! And let the net which they hid ensnare them; let them fall therein to ruin!

Psa 35:9

Psa 35:9Then my soul shall rejoice in the LORD, exulting in his deliverance.

Psa 35:10

Psa 35:10All my bones shall say, "O LORD, who is like thee, thou who deliverest the weak from him who is too strong for him, the weak and needy from him who despoils him?"

Psa 35:11

Psa 35:11Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not.

Psa 35:12

Psa 35:12They requite me evil for good; my soul is forlorn.

Psa 35:13

Psa 35:13But I, when they were sick--I wore sackcloth, I afflicted myself with fasting. I prayed with head bowed on my bosom,

Psa 35:14

Psa 35:14as though I grieved for my friend or my brother; I went about as one who laments his mother, bowed down and in mourning.

Psa 35:15

Psa 35:15But at my stumbling they gathered in glee, they gathered together against me; cripples whom I knew not slandered me without ceasing;

Psa 35:16

Psa 35:16they impiously mocked more and more, gnashing at me with their teeth.

Psa 35:17

Psa 35:17How long, O LORD, wilt thou look on? Rescue me from their ravages, my life from the lions!

Psa 35:18

Psa 35:18Then I will thank thee in the great congregation; in the mighty throng I will praise thee.

Psa 35:19

Psa 35:19Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause.

Psa 35:20

Psa 35:20For they do not speak peace, but against those who are quiet in the land they conceive words of deceit.

Psa 35:21

Psa 35:21They open wide their mouths against me; they say, "Aha, Aha! our eyes have seen it!"

Psa 35:22

Psa 35:22Thou hast seen, O LORD; be not silent! O Lord, be not far from me!

Psa 35:23

Psa 35:23Bestir thyself, and awake for my right, for my cause, my God and my Lord!

Psa 35:24

Psa 35:24Vindicate me, O LORD, my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me!

Psa 35:25

Psa 35:25Let them not say to themselves, "Aha, we have our heart's desire!" Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up."

Psa 35:26

Psa 35:26Let them be put to shame and confusion altogether who rejoice at my calamity! Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me!

Psa 35:27

Psa 35:27Let those who desire my vindication shout for joy and be glad, and say evermore, "Great is the LORD, who delights in the welfare of his servant!"

Psa 35:28

Psa 35:28Then my tongue shall tell of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

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Psalm 35 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Prayer for Rescue from Enemies.

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