Psa35

Psalms – Chapter 35

¹Of David.

I

Oppose, O LORD, those who oppose me;

war upon those who make war upon me.

²Take up the shield and buckler;

rise up in my defense.

³Brandish lance and battle-ax

against my pursuers.

Say to my soul,

“I am your salvation.”

⁴Let those who seek my life

be put to shame and disgrace.

Let those who plot evil against me

be turned back and confounded.

⁵Make them like chaff before the wind,

with the angel of the LORD driving them on.

⁶Make their way slippery and dark,

with the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

II

⁷Without cause they set their snare for me;

without cause they dug a pit for me.

⁸Let ruin overtake them unawares;

let the snare they have set catch them;

let them fall into the pit they have dug.

⁹Then I will rejoice in the LORD,

exult in God’s salvation.

¹⁰My very bones shall say,

“O LORD, who is like you,

Who rescue the afflicted from the powerful,

the afflicted and needy from the despoiler?”

III

¹¹Malicious witnesses rise up,

accuse me of things I do not know.

¹²They repay me evil for good;

my soul is desolate.

¹³Yet I, when they were ill, put on sackcloth,

afflicted myself with fasting,

sobbed my prayers upon my bosom.

¹⁴I went about in grief as for my brother,

bent in mourning as for my mother.

¹⁵Yet when I stumbled they gathered with glee,

gathered against me and I did not know it.

They slandered me without ceasing;

¹⁶without respect they mocked me,

gnashed their teeth against me.

IV

¹⁷O Lord, how long will you look on?

Restore my soul from their destruction,

my very life from lions!

¹⁸Then I will thank you in the great assembly;

I will praise you before the mighty throng.

¹⁹Do not let lying foes rejoice over me,

my undeserved enemies wink knowingly.

²⁰They speak no words of peace,

but against the quiet in the land

they fashion deceitful speech.

²¹They open wide their mouths against me.

They say, “Aha! Good!

Our eyes have seen it!”

²²You see this, LORD; do not be silent;

Lord, do not withdraw from me.

²³Awake, be vigilant in my defense,

in my cause, my God and my Lord.

²⁴Defend me because you are just, LORD;

my God, do not let them rejoice over me.

²⁵Do not let them say in their hearts,

“Aha! Our soul!”

Do not let them say,

“We have devoured that one!”

²⁶Put to shame and confound

all who relish my misfortune.

Clothe with shame and disgrace

those who lord it over me.

²⁷But let those who favor my just cause

shout for joy and be glad.

May they ever say, “Exalted be the LORD

who delights in the peace of his loyal servant.”

²⁸Then my tongue shall recount your justice,

declare your praise, all the day long.

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THE REVISED NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)