New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 35:1-10

1Contend, O Lord, with those who 1contend with me; Fight against those who 2fight against me.2Take hold of 3 4buckler and shield And rise up for 5my help.3Draw also the spear and 6the battle-axe to meet those who pursue me; Say to my soul, “I am 7your salvation.”4Let those be 8ashamed and dishonored who seek my 9life; Let those be 10turned back and humiliated who devise evil against me.5Let them be 11like chaff before the wind, With the angel of the Lord driving them on.6Let their way be dark and 12slippery, With the angel of the Lord pursuing them.7For 13without cause they 14hid their net for me; Without cause they dug a 15pit for my soul.8Let 16destruction come upon him unawares, And 17let the net which he hid catch himself; Into that very 18destruction let him fall.

9And my soul shall 19rejoice in the Lord; It shall 20exult in His salvation.10All my 21bones will say, “Lord, 22who is like You, Who delivers the afflicted from him 23who is too strong for him, And 24the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?”

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Notes

1. Psalms 35:1 Ps 18:43; Is 49:25 ↩
2. Psalms 35:1 Ps 56:2 ↩
3. Psalms 35:2 I.e. small shield ↩
4. Psalms 35:2 Ps 91:4 ↩
5. Psalms 35:2 Ps 44:26 ↩
6. Psalms 35:3 Or close up the path against those ↩
7. Psalms 35:3 Ps 62:2 ↩
8. Psalms 35:4 Ps 70:2 ↩
9. Psalms 35:4 Or soul ↩
10. Psalms 35:4 Ps 40:14; 129:5 ↩
11. Psalms 35:5 Job 21:18; Ps 83:13; Is 29:5 ↩
12. Psalms 35:6 Ps 73:18; Jer 23:12 ↩
13. Psalms 35:7 Ps 69:4; 109:3; 140:5 ↩
14. Psalms 35:7 Ps 9:15 ↩
15. Psalms 35:7 Pit has been transposed from line above ↩
16. Psalms 35:8 Ps 55:23; Is 47:11; 1 Thess 5:3 ↩
17. Psalms 35:8 Ps 9:15 ↩
18. Psalms 35:8 Ps 73:18 ↩
19. Psalms 35:9 Is 61:10 ↩
20. Psalms 35:9 Ps 9:14; 13:5; Luke 1:47 ↩
21. Psalms 35:10 Ps 51:8 ↩
22. Psalms 35:10 Ex 15:11; Ps 86:8; Mic 7:18 ↩
23. Psalms 35:10 Ps 18:17 ↩
24. Psalms 35:10 Ps 37:14; 109:16 ↩

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