Psalmorum 35
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1In finem. Servo Domini ipsi David.
1A Psalm of David. Strive, O LORD, with them that strive with me; fight against them that fight against me.
2[Dixit injustus ut delinquat in semetipso: non est timor Dei ante oculos ejus.
2Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise up to my help.
3Quoniam dolose egit in conspectu ejus, ut inveniatur iniquitas ejus ad odium.
3Draw out also the spear, and the battle-axe, against them that pursue me; say unto my soul: 'I am Thy salvation.'
4Verba oris ejus iniquitas, et dolus; noluit intelligere ut bene ageret.
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.
5Iniquitatem meditatus est in cubili suo; astitit omni viæ non bonæ: malitiam autem non odivit.
5Let them be as chaff before the wind, the angel of the LORD thrusting them.
6Domine, in cælo misericordia tua, et veritas tua usque ad nubes.
6Let their way be dark and slippery, the angel of the LORD pursuing them.
7Justitia tua sicut montes Dei; judicia tua abyssus multa. Homines et jumenta salvabis, Domine,
7For without cause have they hid for me the pit, even their net, without cause have they digged for my soul.
8quemadmodum multiplicasti misericordiam tuam, Deus. Filii autem hominum in tegmine alarum tuarum sperabunt.
8Let destruction come upon him unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself; with destruction let him fall therein.
9Inebriabuntur ab ubertate domus tuæ, et torrente voluptatis tuæ potabis eos:
9And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD; it shall rejoice in His salvation.
10quoniam apud te est fons vitæ, et in lumine tuo videbimus lumen.
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?'
11Prætende misericordiam tuam scientibus te, et justitiam tuam his qui recto sunt corde.
11Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not.
12Non veniat mihi pes superbiæ, et manus peccatoris non moveat me.
12They repay me evil for good; bereavement is come to my soul.
13Ibi ceciderunt qui operantur iniquitatem; expulsi sunt, nec potuerunt stare.]
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.
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14I went about as though it had been my friend or my brother; I bowed down mournful, as one that mourneth for his mother.
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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;
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16With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth.
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17Lord, how long wilt Thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, mine only one from the lions.
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18I will give Thee thanks in the great congregation; I will praise Thee among a numerous people.
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19Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
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20For they speak not peace; but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
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21Yea, they open their mouth wide against me; they say: 'Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.'
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22Thou hast seen, O LORD; keep not silence; O Lord, be not far from me.
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23Rouse Thee, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
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24Judge me, O LORD my God, according to Thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
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25Let them not say in their heart: 'Aha, we have our desire'; let them not say: 'We have swallowed him up.'
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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.
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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.'
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28And my tongue shall speak of Thy righteousness, and of Thy praise all the day.
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