Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Of
David. Contend
with my opponents
, O
LORD;
fight against
those
who
fight
against
me.
By
David. Strive,
Jehovah,
with my strivers
, fight with
my
fighters,
Take up
Your
shield and buckler ;
arise
and come
to
my aid.
Take hold
of
shield and buckler ,
and rise
for
my help,
Draw the
spear and javelin
against
my pursuers ;
say to my soul :
“
I am your
salvation
. ”
And
draw out
spear and lance,
To
meet
my pursuers .
Say to my soul ,
`Thy
salvation
I `
am '
. '
May
those
who
seek
my
life
be
disgraced
and put
to
shame;
may
those who
plan
to
harm
me
be
driven
back
and confounded.
They
are
ashamed
and blush,
those seeking
my
soul,
Turned
backward
and confounded ,
Those
devising
my
evil
.
May
they be
like
chaff in
the
wind, as
the
angel
of the
LORD
drives
them
away.
They are
as
chaff before
wind, And
a
messenger
of Jehovah
driving
away.
May
their path
be
dark
and slick
, as
the
angel
of the
LORD
pursues
.
Their way
is
darkness
and slipperiness
, And
a
messenger
of Jehovah
their
pursuer
.
For without cause they laid
their
net
for me ;
without reason
they dug
a
pit
for my soul.
For without cause they hid
for me their
netpit,
Without cause
they digged
for my soul.
May
ruin
befall
them
by
surprise;
may
the
net they
hid ensnare
them;
may
they
fall
into the
hazard
they
created
.
Meet
him
doth
desolation
--
he
knoweth
not,
And
his
net that
he
hid catcheth
him,
For
desolation
he
falleth
into it
.
Then
my soul will
rejoice
in the
LORD
and
exult
in His salvation.
And
my soul is
joyful
in Jehovah,
It
rejoiceth
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 say
, `Jehovah,
who is like Thee
, Delivering
the poor
from the stronger
than
he
, And
the poor and needy from his
plunderer.'
Hostile
witnesses come
forward;
they
make
charges
I know
nothing
about
.
Violent
witnesses rise
up,
That
which
I have
not
known
they
ask
me
.
They repay
me evil for good, to
the
bereavement
of
my soul .
They pay
me evil for good, bereaving
my soul ,
Yet
when
they
were
ill,
I put
on
sackcloth ;
I humbled myself
with fasting
, but
my prayers
returned
unanswered
.
And
I --
in
their
sickness
my
clothing
`is'
sackcloth ,
I have
humbled with fastings
my
soul
, And
my prayer
unto
my
bosom
returneth
.
I
paced
about
as for
my
friend or
brother ;
I was
bowed
down
with
grief
, like
one
mourning
for his
mother.
As `if'
a
friend ,
as
`if'
my
brother ,
I walked
habitually
, As
a
mourner
for a
mother ,
Mourning
I
have
bowed
down
.
But
when
I
stumbled,
they
assembled
in glee;
they gathered together against me .
Assailants
I did
not know
slandered
me
without
ceasing.
And
--
in my
halting
they have
rejoiced,
And
have
been
gathered together ,
Gathered
against me were
the
smiters,
And
I have
not known,
They
have
rent,
and
they
have
not
ceased;
Like
godless
jesters
at
a
feast
, they
gnashed
their teeth at
me
.
With
profane
ones
, mockers
in
feasts,
Gnashing
against
me
their teeth.
How
long,
O
Lord, will
You
look
on
? Rescue
my soul from their ravages
, my
precious
life
from these
lions.
Lord, how
long
dost
thou
behold
? Keep
back
my soul from their desolations
, From young
lions my
only
one
.
Then
I will
give
You
thanks
in the
great assembly ;
I
will
praise
You
among many
people.
I thank
Thee
in a
great assembly ,
Among a
mighty
people I
praise
Thee
.
Let
not
my
enemies gloat
over me without
cause
, nor
those who
hate
me without reason
wink in
malice
.
Mine
enemies rejoice
not
over me `with'
falsehood
, Those hating
me without cause
wink the
eye
.
For they do
not
speak peace, but
they
devise
deceitful
schemes
against those
who
live
quietly
in
the land .
For they speak not
peace, And
against the quiet
of
the
land ,
Deceitful
words
they
devise,
They gape
at
me and
say
, “
Aha, aha !
Our eyes
have
seen !”
And
they enlarge
against
me their
mouth
, They
said,
`
Aha, aha ,
our eye
hath
seen .'
O LORD
, You
have
seen
it;
be not silent .
O Lord ,
be not far from me .
Thou
hast
seen,
O Jehovah
, Be not silent ,
O Lord --
be not far from me ,
Awake
and
rise
to
my
defense
, to my cause
, my God and my Lord !
Stir
up
, and
wake
to my judgment
, My God ,
and my Lord ,
to
my
plea.
Vindicate
me by
Your
righteousness, O LORD
my God, and do not let
them
gloat
over me.
Judge
me according
to
Thy
righteousness, O Jehovah
my God, And they
do not rejoice
over me.
Let
them
not say in their hearts
, “
Aha, just
what
we
wanted!”
Let
them
not say, “
We have
swallowed him up !”
They
do
not say in their heart
, `
Aha, our
desire.'
They
do
not say, `
We 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
.
They
are
ashamed and confounded together,
Who are
rejoicing
at
my
evil.
They
put
on
shame and confusion,
Who
are
magnifying
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
. ”
They
sing
and
rejoice,
who are
desiring
my righteousness,
And they say continually
, `Jehovah
is
magnified,
Who is
desiring
the
peace
of
His servant
. '
Then
my tongue will
proclaim
Your
righteousness and
Your
praises
all day long.
And
my tongue uttereth
Thy
righteousness ,
All the
day Thy
praise!
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