Psalms 35 — T4T
A psalm written by David
35Verse 1Yahweh, fight against those who fight against me!Fight against my enemies when they fight me!Verse 2Be like a shield [DOU] to protect meand come to help me!Verse 3Lift up your spear [DOU] and throw it at those who pursue me!Promise me that you will enable me to defeat my enemies.Verse 4Cause those who are trying to kill me to be defeated and disgraced!Cause those who are planning to do evil things to me to be pushed back and become confused!
Verse 5Send your angel to pursue them,and as a result cause them to disappear like chaff/straw blown away by the wind!Verse 6Cause the path on which they run to be dark and slipperyas your angel pursues them!Verse 7Although I did not do anything wrong to them,they concealed a deep pit for me to fall into;
they hid a net in which they would catch me.Verse 8Cause them to suddenly experience disaster!Cause them to be trapped in their own nets!Cause them to fall into the pits that they have dug for me and disappear!
Verse 9Then I will be joyful about what you, Yahweh, have done for me,I will be glad that you have rescued me.Verse 10With my whole inner being [SYN] I will say,“There is no one like Yahweh [RHQ]!No one else can rescue helpless people from powerful people [RHQ].No one else can rescue weak and needy people from those who want to rob them.”Verse 11People who tell lies stand in courtand falsely accuse me of doing things that I do not know anything about.Verse 12In return for my doing good things for them, they do evil things to me,with the result that I feel that I am alone.Verse 13When they were ill, I showed that I was sad.I did not eat any food, and I bowed my head as I prayed for them.Verse 14I mourned and bowed my head as I prayedas though it was a friend or my mother for whom I was grieving.Verse 15But when I had troubles, they were all happy about it.They gathered around to make fun of me.Strangers struck me,and they would not stop.Verse 16Worthless people ridicule meand snarl at me.Verse 17Yahweh, how long will you only watch them doing this?Rescue me from their attacking me;Save me from being killed by these men who are attacking melike [MET] lions that are attacking other animalsVerse 18Then, when many of your people gather,I will praise youand I will thank you in front of all of them.Verse 19Do not allow my enemies, who tell lies about me, defeat meand then rejoice!Do not allow those who hate me when there in no reason to hate meto ◄smirk/smile happily►!Verse 20They do not talk peacefully to people;instead, they seek ways to tell lies about people who are peaceful.Verse 21They shout at me, to accuse me,saying, “We saw the wrong things that you did!”Verse 22Yahweh, you have seen these things, so do not be silent!Do not stay far from me!Verse 23Arise, my God, and plead my case in court,and successfully defend me!Verse 24Yahweh, my God, because you are righteous,
prove that I am innocentin order that my enemies will not be able to gloat that I was judged to be guilty.Verse 25Do not allow them to be able to say to themselves,“Yes, we have gotten rid of him [IDM] just like we desired!”Verse 26Cause those who rejoice about my misfortunesto be completely defeated and disgraced;cause those who boast that they are much greater than meto be disgraced and dishonored!Verse 27But cause those who desire that I be acquittedto be happy and shout joyfully,and cause them to continually say, “Yahweh is great!He is delighted to cause things to go well for those who serve him.”Verse 28Then I will proclaim that you act righteously,and I will praise you all day long.