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