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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 35</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/35.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//psalms/35-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/psalms/">Psalm</a> > Psalm 35</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" 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 align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/psalms/35.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/psalms/35.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/psalms/35.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/psalms/35.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/psalms/35.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/psalms/35.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/psalms/35.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Contend with My Opponents, O LORD<p class="pshdg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-1.htm"><b></b></a></span>Of David. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="#"><b>1</b></a></span>Contend with my opponents, O LORD; <p class="indent2"> fight against those who fight against me. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Take up Your shield and buckler; <p class="indent2"> arise and come to my aid. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Draw the spear and javelin<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> against my pursuers; <p class="indent2"> say to my soul: “I am your salvation.” <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>May those who seek my life <p class="indent2"> be disgraced and put to shame; <p class="indent1"> may those who plan to harm me <p class="indent2"> be driven back and confounded. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>May they be like chaff in the wind, <p class="indent2"> as the angel of the LORD drives them away. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>May their path be dark and slick, <p class="indent2"> as the angel of the LORD pursues. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For without cause they laid their net for me; <p class="indent2"> without reason they dug a pit for my soul. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>May ruin befall them by surprise; <p class="indent2"> may the net they hid ensnare them; <p class="indent2"> may they fall into the hazard they created. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD <p class="indent2"> and exult in His salvation. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>All my bones will exclaim, <p class="indent2">“Who is like You, O LORD, <p class="indent1"> who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, <p class="indent2"> the poor and needy from the robber?” <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Hostile witnesses come forward; <p class="indent2"> they make charges I know nothing about. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>They repay me evil for good, <p class="indent2"> to the bereavement of my soul. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Yet when they were ill, <p class="indent2"> I put on sackcloth; <p class="indent1"> I humbled myself with fasting, <p class="indent2"> but my prayers returned unanswered.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I paced about <p class="indent2"> as for my friend or brother; <p class="indent1"> I was bowed down with grief, <p class="indent2"> like one mourning for his mother. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; <p class="indent2"> they gathered together against me. <p class="indent1"> Assailants I did not know <p class="indent2"> slandered me without ceasing. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Like godless jesters at a feast,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <p class="indent2"> they gnashed their teeth at me. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>How long, O Lord, will You look on? <p class="indent2"> Rescue my soul from their ravages, <p class="indent2"> my precious life from these lions. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; <p class="indent2"> I will praise You among many people. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, <p class="indent2"> nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For they do not speak peace, <p class="indent2"> but they devise deceitful schemes <p class="indent2"> against those who live quietly in the land. <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>They gape at me and say, <p class="indent2">“Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!” <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. <p class="indent2"> O Lord, be not far from me. <A name="24"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Awake and rise to my defense, <p class="indent2"> to my cause, my God and my Lord! <A name="25"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, <p class="indent2"> and do not let them gloat over me. <A name="26"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Let them not say in their hearts, <p class="indent2">“Aha, just what we wanted!” <p class="indent1"> Let them not say, <p class="indent2">“We have swallowed him up!” <A name="27"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>May those who gloat in my distress <p class="indent2"> be ashamed and confounded; <p class="indent1"> may those who exalt themselves over me <p class="indent2"> be clothed in shame and reproach. <A name="28"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>May those who favor my vindication <p class="indent2"> shout for joy and gladness; <p class="indent1"> may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD <p class="indent2"> who delights in His servant’s well-being.” <A name=""></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/35-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness <p class="indent2"> and Your praises all day long.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>and close the way</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Literally <i>returned to my bosom</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>Like a godless circle of mockers,</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> See <a href="../john/15.htm#25">John 15:25</a>.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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