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UST PSA Chapter 35

◄ PSA 35 ► ║ ═ ©

A psalm of David.

Yahweh, be the enemy of my enemies!

Defend me against those who attack me!

2 Protect me like a soldier who has both of his shields,

and come to help me!

3 Take your spear and javelin and confront those who are pursuing me!

Tell me, “I am the one who saves you.”

4 Please defeat and dishonor those who want to kill me,

and make those who plan to harm me become confused and turn back.

5 May an angel from Yahweh chase them away

so that they disappear like chaff in the wind.

6 May their lives be like running on a path that is dark and slippery,

while an angel from Yahweh pursues them!

7 Please do these things to them, because I have not done anything wrong to them, yet they try to kill me.

It is as though they hide nets and dig pits for me to walk into!

8 So let disaster suddenly surprise each of them!

Let it be as though the nets that they hid catch them instead,

and as though they fall into their own pits and die!

9 Then I will rejoice because of what Yahweh has done for me,

and I will be glad because he has saved me.

10 With my whole being I will say,

“Yahweh, no one is like you!

No one else rescues weak people from those who are stronger,

no one else rescues poor and needy people from those who rob them.”

11 Hostile people tell lies about me in court

and accuse me of things that I know nothing about.

12 I was good to them. But instead of being good to me, they are evil to me.

That makes me feel completely alone.

13 Yet for my part, when they were sick, I put on rough cloth to mourn for them;

I went without food as I prayed for them,

bowing my head over my chest.

14 I walked around grieving for them

as I would grieve for a friend or for a brother,

and I bowed down mourning for them as though for my own mother.

15 But when I suffered, they all gathered together and celebrated.

People whom I did not even know gathered to attack me.

They kept slandering me and would not stop.

16 Profane people mocked me for being lame

and ground their teeth at me to show how angry they were.

17 Lord, please do more than just watch what they do!

Rescue me from these people who want to destroy me!

Save me from these people who are as fierce as young lions!

18 Then I will thank you when the great crowd of your people gather together,

and I will praise you in front of all of them.

19 Do not let my enemies who lie about me celebrate because they defeated me,

and do not let those who hate me for no reason wink at each other to show how pleased they are about it.

20 Do not let them succeed, because they do not speak peacefully to anyone;

instead, they make up lies about quiet, peaceable people in the land.

21 They shout loudly to accuse me,

saying, “Yes! Yes! We saw what you did!”

22 Yahweh, you have seen all of this, so please do something about it!

Lord, please help me!

23 Become active and do the right thing for me;

my God and my Lord, defend me!

24 Yahweh my God, because you are righteous, declare that I am innocent,

and do not let my enemies celebrate that they have defeated me.

25 Do not let them think to themselves, “Yes! We got what we wanted!”

Do not let them say to each other, “We have completely destroyed him!”

26 Instead, make all those who celebrate when bad things happen to me

feel totally ashamed and disgraced.

Yes, completely humiliate those who boast that they are greater than me.

27 But let those who want God to show that I am innocent

shout for joy and celebrate!

Let them always say, “Yahweh is great!

He loves to make things go well for the one who serves him.”

28 Then I will tell everyone how righteous you are,

and I will praise you all day long.