Psalms 35:1-10

11O Lord, fight those who fight with me! Attack those who attack me!

2Grab your small shield and large shield, and rise up to help me!

3Use your spear and lance against those who chase me! Assure me with these words: “I am your deliverer!”

4May those who seek my life be embarrassed and humiliated! May those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

5May they be like wind-driven chaff, as the Lord’s angel attacks them!

6May their path be dark and slippery, as the Lord’s angel chases them!

7I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me.

8Let destruction take them by surprise! Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction!

9Then I will rejoice in the Lord and be happy because of his deliverance.

10With all my strength I will say, “O Lord, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them.”