Psalm 35 NKJV

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width="99%" valign="top">New King James Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nkjv/kjv/psalms/35.shtml" style=color:#001320 title=Parallel Chapters> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"> <h3>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> the Avenger of His People</span></h3><h4 class="psalm-title"><span class="text Ps-35-1"><i>A Psalm</i> of David.</span></h4><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Ps-35-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Plead<span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span> <i>my cause,</i> O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, with those who strive with me;</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-1">Fight against those who fight against me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Take hold of shield and <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>buckler,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-2">And stand up for my help.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Also draw out the spear,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-3">And stop those who pursue me.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-3">Say to my soul,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-3">“I <i>am</i> your salvation.”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Let those be put to shame and brought to dishonor</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-4">Who seek after my life;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-4">Let those be turned back and brought to confusion</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-4">Who plot my hurt.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Let them be like chaff before the wind,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-5">And let the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>angel of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> chase <i>them.</i></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Let their way be dark and slippery,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-6">And let the angel of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> pursue them.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For without cause they have hidden their net for me <i>in</i> a pit,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-7"><i>Which</i> they have dug without cause for my life.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-8">And let his net that he has hidden catch himself;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-8">Into that very destruction let him fall.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And my soul shall be joyful in the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-9">It shall rejoice in His salvation.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>All my bones shall say,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-10">“<span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, who <i>is</i> like You,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-10">Delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-10">Yes, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Fierce witnesses rise up;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-11">They ask me <i>things</i> that I do not know.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>They reward me evil for good,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-12"><i>To</i> the sorrow of my soul.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But as for me, when they were sick,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-13">My clothing <i>was</i> sackcloth;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-13">I humbled myself with fasting;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-13">And my prayer would return to my own <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>heart.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I paced about as though <i>he were</i> my friend <i>or</i> brother;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-14">I bowed down <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>heavily, as one who mourns <i>for his</i> mother.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But in my <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>adversity they rejoiced</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-15">And gathered together;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-15">Attackers gathered against me,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-15">And I did not know <i>it;</i></span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-15">They tore <i>at me</i> and did not cease;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>With ungodly mockers at feasts</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-16">They gnashed at me with their teeth.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Lord, how long will You look on?</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-17">Rescue me from their destructions,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-17">My precious <i>life</i> from the lions.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I will give You thanks in the great assembly;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-18">I will praise You among <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span>many people.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Let them not rejoice over me who are wrongfully my enemies;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-19">Nor let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For they do not speak peace,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-20">But they devise deceitful matters</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-20">Against <i>the</i> quiet ones in the land.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>They also opened their mouth wide against me,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-21"><i>And</i> said, “Aha, aha!</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-21">Our eyes have seen <i>it.</i>”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><i>This</i> You have seen, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-22">Do not keep silence.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-22">O Lord, do not be far from me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Stir up Yourself, and awake to my vindication,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-23">To my cause, my God and my Lord.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Vindicate me, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> my God, according to Your righteousness;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-24">And let them not rejoice over me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Let them not say in their hearts, “Ah, so we would have it!”</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-25">Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-26">Who rejoice at my hurt;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-26">Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-26">Who exalt themselves against me.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Let them shout for joy and be glad,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-27">Who favor my righteous cause;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-27">And let them say continually,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-27">“Let the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> be magnified,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-27">Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.”</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/35-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And my tongue shall speak of Your righteousness</span><br /><span class="text Ps-35-28"><i>And</i> of Your praise all the day long.</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-14412a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 35:1">Psalm 35:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>Contend for me</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14413b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 35:2">Psalm 35:2</span> <span class='footnote-text'>A small shield</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14416c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 35:5">Psalm 35:5</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>Angel</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14419d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 35:8">Psalm 35:8</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>Let destruction he does not know come upon him,</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14424e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 35:13">Psalm 35:13</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>bosom</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14425f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 35:14">Psalm 35:14</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>in mourning</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14426g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 35:15">Psalm 35:15</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>limping, stumbling</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14429h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 35:18">Psalm 35:18</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>a mighty</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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