Prayer for Victory
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Let those who seek to kill me
be disgraced and humiliated;
let those who plan to harm me
be turned back and ashamed.(D)
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let those who plan to harm me
be turned back and ashamed.(D)
Let ruin come on him unexpectedly,
and let the net that he hid ensnare him;
let him fall into it—to his ruin.(H)
and let the net that he hid ensnare him;
let him fall into it—to his ruin.(H)
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My very bones will say,
“Lord, who is like You,(J)
rescuing the poor from one too strong for him,
the poor or the needy from one who robs him?”(K)
“Lord, who is like You,(J)
rescuing the poor from one too strong for him,
the poor or the needy from one who robs him?”(K)
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I went about grieving as if for my friend or brother;
I was bowed down with grief,
like one mourning a mother.(O)
15 I was bowed down with grief,
like one mourning a mother.(O)
But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;
they gathered against me.
Assailants I did not know
tore at me and did not stop.(P)
16 they gathered against me.
Assailants I did not know
tore at me and did not stop.(P)
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Vindicate me, Lord my God,
in keeping with Your righteousness,
and do not let them rejoice over me.(AA)
25 in keeping with Your righteousness,
and do not let them rejoice over me.(AA)
Do not let them say in their hearts,
“Aha! Just what we wanted.”
Do not let them say,
“We have swallowed him up!”(AB)
26 “Aha! Just what we wanted.”
Do not let them say,
“We have swallowed him up!”(AB)
Let those who rejoice at my misfortune
be disgraced and humiliated;
let those who exalt themselves over me
be clothed with shame and reproach.(AC)
be disgraced and humiliated;
let those who exalt themselves over me
be clothed with shame and reproach.(AC)
Footnotes:
a.
Psalm 35:13: Lit prayer returned to my chest
b.
Psalm 35:16: Hb obscure
c.
Psalm 35:20: Lit but devise deceitful words
d.
Psalm 35:21: Lit Our eyes saw!
Cross references:
AB.
Psalm 35:25:
Psalm 124:3