Psalms 35
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.
1A Psalm of David. Strive, O LORD, with them that strive with me; fight against them that fight against me.
2Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.
2Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise up to my help.
3Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”
3Draw out also the spear, and the battle-axe, against them that pursue me; say unto my soul: 'I am Thy salvation.'
4May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
4Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion that seek after my soul; let them be turned back and be abashed that devise my hurt.
5May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.
5Let them be as chaff before the wind, the angel of the LORD thrusting them.
6May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.
6Let their way be dark and slippery, the angel of the LORD pursuing them.
7For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
7For without cause have they hid for me the pit, even their net, without cause have they digged for my soul.
8May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
8Let destruction come upon him unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself; with destruction let him fall therein.
9Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation.
9And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD; it shall rejoice in His salvation.
10All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
10All my bones shall say: 'LORD, who is like unto Thee, who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?'
11Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
11Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not.
12They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
12They repay me evil for good; bereavement is come to my soul.
13Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth, I afflicted my soul with fasting; and my prayer, may it return into mine own bosom.
14I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
14I went about as though it had been my friend or my brother; I bowed down mournful, as one that mourneth for his mother.
15But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
15But when I halt they rejoice, and gather themselves together; the abjects gather themselves together against me, and those whom I know not; they tear me, and cease not;
16Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
16With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth.
17How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
17Lord, how long wilt Thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, mine only one from the lions.
18Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.
18I will give Thee thanks in the great congregation; I will praise Thee among a numerous people.
19Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
19Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
20For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
20For they speak not peace; but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
21They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
21Yea, they open their mouth wide against me; they say: 'Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.'
22O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
22Thou hast seen, O LORD; keep not silence; O Lord, be not far from me.
23Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
23Rouse Thee, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
24Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
24Judge me, O LORD my God, according to Thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
25Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
25Let them not say in their heart: 'Aha, we have our desire'; let them not say: 'We have swallowed him up.'
26May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
26Let them be ashamed and abashed together that rejoice at my hurt; let them be clothed with shame and confusion that magnify themselves against me.
27May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”
27Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that delight in my righteousness; yea, let them say continually: 'Magnified be the LORD, who delighteth in the peace of His servant.'
28Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
28And my tongue shall speak of Thy righteousness, and of Thy praise all the day.
Tip: use the ← and → keys to turn chapters.