Psalms 35
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1Contend, LORD, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.
1Εἰς τὸ τέλος· τῷ δούλῳ Κυρίου τῷ Δαυΐδ.
2Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.
2ΦΗΣΙΝ ὁ παράνομος τοῦ ἁμαρτάνειν ἐν ἑαυτῷ, οὐκ ἔστι φόβος Θεοῦ ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ·
3Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, “I am your salvation.”
3ὅτι ἐδόλωσεν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ τοῦ εὑρεῖν τὴν ἀνομίαν αὐτοῦ καὶ μισῆσαι.
4Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.
4τὰ ρήματα τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἀνομία καὶ δόλος, οὐκ ἠβουλήθη συνιέναι τοῦ ἀγαθῦναι·
5Let them be as chaff before the wind, the LORD’s angel driving them on.
5ἀνομίαν διελογίσατο ἐπὶ τῆς κοίτης αὐτοῦ, παρέστη πάσῃ ὁδῷ οὐκ ἀγαθῇ, κακίᾳ δὲ οὐ προσώχθισε.
6Let their way be dark and slippery, the LORD’s angel pursuing them.
6Κύριε, ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ τὸ ἔλεός σου, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθειά σου ἕως τῶν νεφελῶν·
7For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
7ἡ δικαιοσύνη σου ὡς ὄρη Θεοῦ, τὰ κρίματά σου ὡσεὶ ἄβυσσος πολλή· ἀνθρώπους καὶ κτήνη σώσεις, Κύριε.
8Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.
8ὡς ἐπλήθυνας τὸ ἔλεός σου, ὁ Θεός· οἱ δὲ υἱοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐν σκέπῃ τῶν πτερύγων σου ἐλπιοῦσι.
9My soul shall be joyful in the LORD. It shall rejoice in his salvation.
9μεθυσθήσονται ἀπὸ πιότητος οἴκου σου, καὶ τὸν χειμάρρουν τῆς τρυφῆς σου ποτιεῖς αὐτούς·
10All my bones shall say, “LORD, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”
10ὅτι παρὰ σοὶ πηγὴ ζωῆς, ἐν τῷ φωτί σου ὀψόμεθα φῶς.
11Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.
11παράτεινον τὸ ἔλεός σου τοῖς γινώσκουσί σε καὶ τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου τοῖς εὐθέσι τῇ καρδίᾳ.
12They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.
12μὴ ἐλθέτω μοι ποὺς ὑπερηφανίας, καὶ χεὶρ ἁμαρτωλοῦ μὴ σαλεύσαι με.
13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.
13ἐκεῖ ἔπεσον πάντες οἱ ἐργαζόμενοι τὴν ἀνομίαν, ἐξώσθησαν καὶ οὐ μὴ δύνωνται στῆναι.
14I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.
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15But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease.
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16Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.
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17Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.
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18I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.
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19Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.
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20For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
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21Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!”
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22You have seen it, LORD. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.
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23Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!
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24Vindicate me, LORD my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.
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25Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!” Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”
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26Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.
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27Let those who favor my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad. Yes, let them say continually, “May the LORD be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”
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28My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.
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