Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
Of
David.
Contend with
my
opponents
, O
LORD;
fight against those who fight against me.
>
Contend, Yahweh,
with
those
who
contend
with
me.
Fight against those who fight against me.
Take up
Your
shield and buckler ;
arise
and come
to
my aid
.
Take hold
of
shield and buckler ,
And stand
up
for
my help
.
Draw
the spear and javelin
against
my
pursuers;
say
to
my soul :
“
I am your salvation. ”
Brandish
the spear and block
those
who
pursue
me.
Tell
my soul ,
"
I am your salvation. "
May
those who seek my life
be disgraced
and put
to shame;
may
those who plan
to
harm
me
be driven
back and confounded.
Let
those who seek after
my soul
be disappointed
and brought
to dishonor.
Let
those who plot
my
ruin
be turned
back and confounded.
May
they
be like
chaff in
the wind, as
the
angel of
the
LORD
drives
them away
.
Let
them
be as
chaff before
the wind, Yahweh's
angel driving
them on
.
May
their path
be dark and slick
, as
the
angel of
the
LORD
pursues
.
Let
their way
be dark and slippery
, Yahweh's
angel pursuing
them
.
For without cause they laid
their net for me ;
without reason
they dug a pit for my soul.
For without cause they have
hidden
their net in
a
pit
for me .
Without cause
they have
dug a pit for my soul.
May
ruin
befall
them
by
surprise;
may
the
net they
hid
ensnare
them;
may
they
fall into the
hazard
they
created
.
Let
destruction
come
on
him
unawares.
Let
his
net that
he
has
hidden
catch
himself.
Let
him
fall into that
destruction
.
Then
my soul will
rejoice
in the
LORD
and
exult
in His salvation.
My soul shall
be
joyful
in Yahweh.
It
shall
rejoice
in his salvation.
All my bones will
exclaim
, “
Who is like You, O
LORD,
who delivers the afflicted
from the
aggressor
, the poor and needy from the
robber
? ”
All my bones shall
say
, "Yahweh,
who is like you, Who delivers the poor
from him
who
is
too
strong
for
him
, Yes,
the poor and the
needy from him
who
robs
him
? "
Hostile
witnesses come
forward;
they make
charges
I know nothing
about.
Unrighteous
witnesses rise
up.
They ask
me
about
things
that
I don't
know about.
They repay
me evil for good, to the bereavement
of my soul.
They reward
me evil for good, To the bereaving
of my soul.
Yet
when they were ill
, I
put
on
sackcloth ;
I humbled
myself
with fasting ,
but
my prayers
returned unanswered
.
But
as
for
me,
when they were sick
, my
clothing
was
sackcloth .
I afflicted
my
soul
with fasting .
My prayer
returned into
my
own
bosom
.
I paced
about
as for
my friend or brother ;
I was
bowed down with
grief
, like
one mourning
for
his mother.
I behaved
myself
as though
it
had
been
my friend or my
brother .
I bowed down mourning
, as
one who
mourns
his mother.
But when
I
stumbled,
they
assembled
in glee;
they gathered together against me .
Assailants
I did
not
know slandered
me without
ceasing
.
But in my
adversity,
they rejoiced,
and
gathered themselves
together .
The
attackers
gathered
themselves
together
against me ,
and
I didn't
know it.
They
tore
at
me ,
and
didn't
cease
.
Like godless
jesters
at
a
feast
, they gnashed their teeth at me.
Like the
profane
mockers
in
feasts
, They gnashed their teeth at me.
How
long,
O
Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages
, my precious life from these
lions.
Lord, how
long
will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction
, My precious life from the
lions.
Then
I will give You thanks in the great assembly ;
I will praise You among many people.
I will give you thanks in the great assembly .
I will praise you among many people.
Let not
my enemies gloat
over me without
cause,
nor
those
who hate me without reason
wink
in
malice
.
Don't
let those
who
are
my enemies wrongfully
rejoice
over me ;
Neither
let
them
wink
with
the
eye
who hate me without a
cause
.
For they do
not
speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes
against those who live
quietly
in the land.
For they don't
speak peace, But they devise deceitful words
against those who are
quiet
in the land.
They gape
at
me and
say
, “
Aha ,
aha! Our eyes
have
seen! ”
Yes,
they opened
their
mouth
wide
against
me .
They
said
, "
Aha !
Aha! Our eye
has
seen it
! "
O
LORD,
You have seen it ;
be
not
silent. O
Lord, be not
far from me.
You have seen it ,
Yahweh.
Don't
keep
silent. Lord, don't
be far from me.
Awake
and
rise to
my
defense,
to my
cause
, my God and
my Lord!
Wake
up!
Rise up
to defend
me
, my God !
My Lord ,
contend
for
me
!
Vindicate me by
Your
righteousness
, O
LORD
my God, and
do
not
let them gloat over me.
Vindicate me, Yahweh
my God, according
to
your
righteousness;
Don't
let them gloat over me.
Let them not
say in their hearts
, “
Aha ,
just
what
we wanted
! ”
Let them not
say, “
We have swallowed him up! ”
Don't
let them say in their heart
, "
Aha !
That's
the
way
we want
it
! "
Don't
let them say, "
We have swallowed him up! "
May
those
who
gloat
in
my
distress
be ashamed
and confounded ;
may
those
who exalt
themselves
over
me
be clothed in
shame and reproach
.
Let
them
be disappointed
and confounded together
who rejoice
at
my
calamity.
Let
them
be clothed with
shame and dishonor
who
magnify
themselves
against
me
.
May
those
who
favor
my
vindication
shout for joy and gladness;
may
they
always
say, “Exalted
be the
LORD
who delights
in His servant’s
well-being.”
Let
them
shout for joy and be
glad,
who
favor
my
righteous
cause.
Yes,
let
them
say continually
, "Yahweh
be magnified,
Who has
pleasure
in the
prosperity
of
his servant!"
Then
my tongue will
proclaim
Your righteousness and Your praises
all day long.
My tongue shall
talk
about
your righteousness and about
your praise
all day long.
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