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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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/psalms/35.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="psalmheading">Davidic</p><p class="heading">A Prayer for Deliverance</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Argue my case,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="35:1 The Heb. lacks my case">a</a></span> LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">against those who argue against me.</p> <p class="poetry2">Fight against those who fight against me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Take up the buckler<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="35:2 i.e. a small shield">b</a></span> and the shield,</p> <p class="poetry2">and rise up to help me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Take out the spear and the ax to confront the one who pursues me;</p> <p class="poetry2">say to me, “I am your deliverer!”</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Let those who seek my life be ashamed and disgraced;</p> <p class="poetry2">let those who plot evil against me be driven back and confounded.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Make them like the chaff before the wind,</p> <p class="poetry2">as the messenger of the LORD pushes them aside.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>May their path be dark and slippery,</p> <p class="poetry2">as the messenger of the LORD tracks them down.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Without justification they laid a snare for me;</p> <p class="poetry2">without justification they dug a pit to trap me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Let destruction come upon them<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="35:8 Lit. him">c</a></span> unawares,</p> <p class="poetry2">and let the net that he hid catch him;</p> <p class="poetry2">let him fall into destruction.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>My soul will rejoice in the LORD</p> <p class="poetry2">and be glad in his deliverance.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>All my bones will say,</p> <p class="poetry2">“LORD, who is like you?</p> <p class="poetry2">Who delivers the weak from the one who is stronger than he,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the weak and the needy from the one who wants to rob him?”</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>False witnesses stepped forward</p> <p class="poetry2">and questioned me concerning things</p> <p class="poetry2">about which I knew nothing.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>They paid me back evil for good;</p> <p class="poetry2">my soul mourns.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But when they were sick,</p> <p class="poetry2">I wore sackcloth, humbled myself with fasting,</p> <p class="poetry2">and prayed from my heart repeatedly for them.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="35:13 The Heb. lacks for them">d</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I paced about as for my friend or my brother,</p> <p class="poetry2">and fell down mourning as one weeps for one’s mother.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But when I stumbled,</p> <p class="poetry2">they rejoiced and gathered together.</p> <p class="poetry2">They gathered together against me—</p> <p class="poetry2">attackers whom I did not know.</p> <p class="poetry2">They tore me apart and would not stop.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Malicious mockers<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="35:16 So LXX; DSS 4QPs read They mocked me viciously; MT reads Mockers of cake">e</a></span> —</p> <p class="poetry2">they gnashed<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="35:16 So DSS 4QPs LXX; MT reads gnashing">f</a></span> their teeth against me.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Lord, how long will you just watch?</p> <p class="poetry2">Rescue me from their destruction,</p> <p class="poetry2">my precious life from these young lions.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then I will give you thanks in front of the great congregation;</p> <p class="poetry2">in the midst of the mighty throng I will praise you.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Do not let my deceitful enemies gloat over me,</p> <p class="poetry2">nor let those who hate me without justification mock me with their eyes.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For they do not speak peace;</p> <p class="poetry2">they devise clever lies against the peaceful people of the land.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>They open their mouth wide against me,</p> <p class="poetry2">claiming, “Yes! Yes! We saw him do<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="35:21 The Heb. lacks him do">g</a></span> it with our own eyes!”</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>You see this, LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">so do not be silent.</p> <p class="poetry2">Lord, do not be far from me!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Wake up! Arouse yourself to vindicate me</p> <p class="poetry2">and argue my case, my God and my Lord.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Judge me according to your righteousness, LORD my God!</p> <p class="poetry2">But do not let them gloat over me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Don’t let them say in their hearts,</p> <p class="poetry2">“Yes! We got what we wanted.”</p> <p class="poetry2">Don’t let them say,</p> <p class="poetry2">“We have swallowed him up.”</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Instead, let those who gloat over the evil directed against me</p> <p class="poetry2">be ashamed and confounded together;</p> <p class="poetry2">Let those who exalt themselves over me</p> <p class="poetry2">be clothed with shame and dishonor.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Let those who delight in my vindication</p> <p class="poetry2">shout for joy and rejoice!</p> <p class="poetry2">Let them continuously say,</p> <p class="poetry2">“Magnify the LORD, who delights in giving peace to<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="35:27 So MT; DSS 4QPsa LXX read LORD, you who delight in the welfare of">h</a></span> his servant.”</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>My tongue will declare your righteousness</p> <p class="poetry2">and praise you all day long.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 35:1 The Heb. lacks <i>my case</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 35:2 i.e. a small shield<br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 35:8 Lit. <i>him</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 35:13 The Heb. lacks <i>for them</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 35:16 So LXX; DSS 4QPs read <i>They mocked me viciously</i>; MT reads <i>Mockers of cake</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 35:16 So DSS 4QPs LXX; MT reads <i>gnashing</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 35:21 The Heb. lacks <i>him do</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 35:27 So MT; DSS 4QPsa LXX read <i>LORD, you who delight in the welfare of</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/34.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 34"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 34" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/36.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 36"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 36" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/psalms/35-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>