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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/34.htm" title="Psalm 34">◄</a> Psalm 35 <a href="../psalms/36.htm" title="Psalm 36">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch23035" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn23035" class="cn"><a class="xlef" hlef="#rbk23"><span class="ac">Psalm</span> 35</a><a id="rfn23035000-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23035000-1">*</a></h1> <h1 class="cs">Prayer for Help Against Unjust Enemies</h1> <p class="pf-center"><span id="v23035001" class="ver">1</span>Of David.</p> <p class="chsect">I</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><a id="rfn23035001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23035001-1">*</a>Oppose, O <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, those who oppose me;</p> <p class="sl1">war upon those who make war upon me.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23035002" class="ver">2</span>Take up the shield and buckler;</p> <p class="sl1">rise up in my defense.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23035003" class="ver">3</span>Brandish lance and battle-ax</p> <p class="sl1">against my pursuers.</p> <p class="sl">Say to my soul,</p> <p class="sl1">“I am your salvation.”</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23035004" class="ver">4</span>Let those who seek my life</p> <p class="sl1">be put to shame and disgrace.</p> <p class="sl">Let those who plot evil against me<a id="ren23035004-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23035004-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl1">be turned back and confounded.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23035005" class="ver">5</span>Make them like chaff before the wind,<a id="ren23035005-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23035005-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl1">with the angel of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> driving them on.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23035006" class="ver">6</span>Make their way slippery and dark,</p> <p class="sl1">with the angel of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> pursuing them.</p> </div> <p class="chsect">II</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23035007" class="ver">7</span>Without cause they set their snare for me;</p> <p class="sl1">without cause they dug a pit for me.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23035008" class="ver">8</span>Let ruin overtake them unawares;</p> <p class="sl1">let the snare they have set catch them;</p> <p class="sl1">let them fall into the pit they have dug.<a id="ren23035008-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23035008-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23035009" class="ver">9</span>Then I will rejoice in the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">exult in God’s salvation.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23035010" class="ver">10</span>My very bones shall say,</p> <p class="sl1">“O <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, who is like you,<a id="ren23035010-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23035010-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl">Who rescue the afflicted from the powerful,</p> <p class="sl1">the afflicted and needy from the despoiler?”</p> </div> <p class="chsect">III</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23035011" class="ver">11</span>Malicious witnesses rise up,</p> <p class="sl1">accuse me of things I do not know.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23035012" class="ver">12</span>They repay me evil for good;</p> <p class="sl1">my soul is desolate.<a id="ren23035012-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23035012-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23035013" class="ver">13</span><a id="rfn23035013-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23035013-1">*</a>Yet I, when they were ill, put on sackcloth,</p> <p class="sl1">afflicted myself with fasting,</p> <p class="sl1">sobbed my prayers upon my bosom.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23035014" class="ver">14</span>I went about in grief as for my brother,</p> <p class="sl1">bent in mourning as for my mother.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23035015" class="ver">15</span>Yet when I stumbled they gathered with glee,</p> <p class="sl1">gathered against me and I did not know it.</p> <p class="sl">They slandered me without ceasing;</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v23035016" class="ver">16</span>without respect they mocked me,</p> <p class="sl1">gnashed their teeth against me.</p> </div> <p class="chsect">IV</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23035017" class="ver">17</span>O Lord, how long will you look on?</p> <p class="sl1">Restore my soul from their destruction,</p> <p class="sl1">my very life from lions!<a id="ren23035017-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23035017-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23035018" class="ver">18</span>Then I will thank you in the great assembly;</p> <p class="sl1">I will praise you before the mighty throng.<a id="ren23035018-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23035018-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23035019" class="ver">19</span>Do not let lying foes rejoice over me,</p> <p class="sl1">my undeserved enemies wink knowingly.<a id="ren23035019-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23035019-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23035020" class="ver">20</span>They speak no words of peace,</p> <p class="sl1">but against the quiet in the land</p> <p class="sl1">they fashion deceitful speech.<a id="ren23035020-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23035020-i">i</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23035021" class="ver">21</span>They open wide their mouths against me.</p> <p class="sl1">They say, “Aha! Good!</p> <p class="sl1">Our eyes have seen it!”<a id="ren23035021-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23035021-j">j</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23035022" class="ver">22</span>You see this, <span class="tetr">Lord</span>; do not be silent;<a id="ren23035022-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23035022-k">k</a></p> <p class="sl1">Lord, do not withdraw from me.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23035023" class="ver">23</span>Awake, be vigilant in my defense,</p> <p class="sl1">in my cause, my God and my Lord.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23035024" class="ver">24</span>Defend me because you are just, <span class="tetr">Lord</span>;</p> <p class="sl1">my God, do not let them rejoice over me.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23035025" class="ver">25</span>Do not let them say in their hearts,</p> <p class="sl1">“Aha! Our soul!”<a id="rfn23035025-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23035025-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl">Do not let them say,</p> <p class="sl1">“We have devoured that one!”</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23035026" class="ver">26</span>Put to shame and confound</p> <p class="sl1">all who relish my misfortune.</p> <p class="sl">Clothe with shame and disgrace</p> <p class="sl1">those who lord it over me.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23035027" class="ver">27</span>But let those who favor my just cause</p> <p class="sl1">shout for joy and be glad.</p> <p class="sl">May they ever say, “Exalted be the <span class="tetr">Lord</span></p> <p class="sl1">who delights in the peace of his loyal servant.”</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23035028" class="ver">28</span>Then my tongue shall recount your justice,</p> <p class="sl1">declare your praise, all the day long.<a id="ren23035028-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23035028-l">l</a></p> </div> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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