{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":35,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/34","next":"psalms/36","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 Contend with my opponents, O LORD;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"fight against those who fight against me."}],"h":"Contend with My Opponents, O LORD","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Take up Your shield and buckler;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"arise and come to my aid."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul:“ I [am] your salvation.”","f":["Or and close the way"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"say to my soul:“ I [am] your salvation.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"May those who seek my life"},{"style":"indent2","t":"be disgraced and put to shame;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"may those who plan to harm me"},{"style":"indent2","t":"be driven back and confounded."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":5,"t":"May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"May they be like chaff in the wind,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as the angel of the LORD drives them away."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"May their path be dark and slick,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as the angel of the LORD pursues."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For without cause they laid their net for me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"without reason they dug a pit for my soul."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard [they created].","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"May ruin befall them by surprise;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"may the net they hid ensnare them;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"may they fall into the hazard [they created]."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and exult in His salvation."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"All my bones will exclaim,“ Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"All my bones will exclaim,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ Who is like You, O LORD,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the poor and needy from the robber?”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing {about}.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Hostile witnesses come forward;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they make charges I know nothing {about}."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":12,"t":"They repay me evil for good, [to] the bereavement of my soul.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They repay me evil for good,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[to] the bereavement of my soul."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.","f":["Literally returned to my bosom"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Yet when they were ill,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I put on sackcloth;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"I humbled myself with fasting,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but my prayers returned unanswered."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning [for his] mother.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I paced about"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as for my friend or brother;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"I was bowed down with grief,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like one mourning [for his] mother."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they gathered together against me."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Assailants I did not know"},{"style":"indent2","t":"slandered me without ceasing."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.","f":["Or Like a godless circle of mockers,"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Like godless jesters at a feast,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they gnashed their teeth at me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"How long, O Lord, will You look on?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Rescue my soul from their ravages,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my precious life from these lions."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":18,"t":"Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will praise You among many people."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, [nor] those who hate me without reason wink in malice.","f":["See John 15:25."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[nor] those who hate me without reason wink in malice."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For they do not speak peace,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but they devise deceitful schemes"},{"style":"indent2","t":"against those who live quietly in the land."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"They gape at me and say,“ Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They gape at me and say,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent."},{"style":"indent2","t":"O Lord, be not far from me."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":23,"t":"Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Awake and rise to my defense,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to my cause, my God and my Lord!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":24,"t":"Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and do not let them gloat over me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":25,"t":"Let them not say in their hearts,“ Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say,“ We have swallowed him up!”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Let them not say in their hearts,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ Aha, just what we wanted!”"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Let them not say,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ We have swallowed him up!”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":26,"t":"May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"May those who gloat in my distress"},{"style":"indent2","t":"be ashamed and confounded;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"may those who exalt themselves over me"},{"style":"indent2","t":"be clothed in shame and reproach."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":27,"t":"May 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.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"May those who favor my vindication"},{"style":"indent2","t":"shout for joy and gladness;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"may they always say,“ Exalted be the LORD"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who delights in His servant’s well-being.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":28,"t":"Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness [and] Your praises all day long.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and] Your praises all day long."}],"style":"indent1stline"}],"superscription":"Of David."}