Psalms 35:1-10

1A psalm of David. Adonai, oppose those who oppose me. Fight those who fight me.

2Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise up to my help.

3Draw out also a spear and battle-axe. Stop those who pursue me. Say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”

4May those who seek my life be ashamed and disgraced. May they be turned back and humiliated —those who plot evil against me.

5May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of Adonai driving them off.

6May their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of Adonai pursuing them.

7For without cause they hid their net for me, and without cause they dug a pit for my soul.

8Let ruin come upon him by surprise. Let the net he hid entangle himself —into that same pit let him fall.

9Then my soul will rejoice in Adonai and delight in His salvation.

10All my bones will say: “Adonai, who is like You, rescuing the poor from one too strong for him, the poor and needy from one who robs him?”