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35 (1) Of David.
O LORD, strive with my adversaries,
give battle to my foes, (2) take up shield and buckler,
and come to my defense; (3) ready the spear and javelin
against my pursuers;
tell me, “I am your deliverance.” (4) Let those who seek my life
be frustrated and put to shame;
let those who plan to harm me
fall back in disgrace. (5) Let them be as chaff in the wind,
the LORD’s angel driving them on. (6) Let their path be dark and slippery,
with the LORD’s angel in pursuit. (7) For without cause they hid a net to trap me;
without cause they dug a pit for me. (8) Let disaster overtake them unawares;
let the net they hid catch them;
let them fall into it when disaster [strikes]. (9) Then shall I exult in the LORD,
rejoice in His deliverance. (10) All my bones shall say,
“LORD, who is like You?
You save the poor from one stronger than he,
the poor and needy from his despoiler.”
(11) Malicious witnesses appear
who question me about things I do not know. (12) They repay me evil for good,
[seeking] my bereavement. (13) Yet, when they were ill,
my dress was sackcloth,
I kept a fast—
may what I prayed for happen to me! (14) I walked about as though it were my friend or my brother;
I was bowed with gloom, like one mourning for his mother. (15) But when I stumble, they gleefully gather;
wretches gather against me,
I know not why;
they tear at me without end. (16) With impious, mocking grimace
they gnash their teeth at me.
(17) O Lord, how long will You look on?
Rescue me from their attacks,
my precious life, from the lions, (18) that I may praise You in a great congregation,
acclaim You in a mighty throng. (19) Let not my treacherous enemies rejoice over me,
or those who hate me without reason wink their eyes. (20) For they do not offer amity,
but devise fraudulent schemes against harmless folk. (21) They open wide their mouths at me,
saying, “Aha, aha, we have seen it!”
(22) You have seen it, O LORD;
do not hold aloof!
O Lord, be not far from me! (23) Wake, rouse Yourself for my cause,
for my claim, O my God and my Lord! (24) Take up my cause, O LORD my God, as You are beneficent,
and let them not rejoice over me. (25) Let them not think,
“Aha, just what we wished!”
Let them not say,
“We have destroyed him!” (26) May those who rejoice at my misfortune
be frustrated and utterly disgraced;
may those who vaunt themselves over me
be clad in frustration and shame. (27) May those who desire my vindication
sing forth joyously;
may they always say,
“Extolled be the LORD
who desires the well-being of His servant,” (28) while my tongue shall recite Your beneficent acts,
Your praises all day long.
Version: Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures, published by JPS
Source: https://jps.org/books/tanakh-the-holy-scriptures-blue/
License: CC-BY-NC