Thematic Bible
Psalm 35:1 (show verse)
Contend, O Yahweh, with them who contend with me, Make war upon them who make war upon me.
Psalm 35:2 (show verse)
Grasp buckler and shield, and arise in my help;
Psalm 35:3 (show verse)
Then draw the spear, and close up against my pursuers, Say to my soul, Thy salvation, I am!
Psalm 35:4 (show verse)
Let them be ashamed and confounded, who are seeking my life, - Let them turn back and be put to the blush, who are devising my hurt:
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 35:5 (show verse)
Let them be as chaff before the wind, with, the messenger of Yahweh, pressing them on:
Psalm 35:6 (show verse)
Let their way become dark and slippery, with, the messenger of Yahweh, pursuing them.
Psalm 35:7 (show verse)
For, without cause, have they hid for me, in a ditch, their net, - Without cause, have they digged a pit for my life.
Psalm 35:8 (show verse)
There shall reach him a ruin he could not know, - Yea, his own net which he hath hidden, shall capture him, Into that ruin, shall he fall!
Psalm 35:9 (show verse)
But, my soul, shall exult in Yahweh, - shall be glad in his salvation.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 35:10 (show verse)
All my bones, shall say - O Yahweh, who is like unto thee? Rescuing the oppressed from one stronger than he, Yea the oppressed and the needy, from their spoiler.
Psalm 35:11 (show verse)
There rise up witnesses helping forward violence and wrong, What I know not, they demand of me:
Psalm 35:12 (show verse)
They repay me evil for good, Bereaving my soul.
Psalm 35:13 (show verse)
But, as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth, I humbled, with fasting, my soul, though, my prayer, unto mine own bosom, might return:
Psalm 35:14 (show verse)
Like as for a friend, like as for a brother of mine own, I walked to and fro, As though mourning for a mother, I gloomily bowed myself down.
Psalm 35:15 (show verse)
But, in mine overthrow, have they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together, - There gathered themselves together against me foolish men, and I knew it not, They have torn in pieces, and not been silent;
Psalm 35:16 (show verse)
Amidst profane praters of perversion, have they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
Psalm 35:17 (show verse)
My Lord! how long wilt thou look on? Bring back my soul out of their raging, from among lions, my solitary self.
Psalm 35:18 (show verse)
I will thank thee, in the midst of a great convocation, - In the midst of a mighty people, will I praise thee.
Psalm 35:19 (show verse)
Let not them who are falsely my foes rejoice over me, As for them who hate me without cause, let them not wink the eye!
Psalm 35:20 (show verse)
For, no salvation, will they utter, - But, against the quiet of the land, deceitful things, do they devise;
Psalm 35:21 (show verse)
Yea they have opened wide against me their mouth, They have said, Aha! Aha! our own eye, hath seen!
Psalm 35:22 (show verse)
Thou hast seen, O Yahweh, do not keep silence! O My Lord! be not far from me:
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 35:23 (show verse)
Bestir thyself and wake up, to my vindication, O my God and My Lord! - to my plea:
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 35:24 (show verse)
Vindicate me according to thy righteousness, O Yahweh, my God! And let them not rejoice over me:
Psalm 35:25 (show verse)
Let them not say in their heart, Aha! to our mind! Let them not say, We have swallowed him up!
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 35:26 (show verse)
Let them turn pale, and then at once blush, who are rejoicing at my misfortune, - Let them be clothed with shame and confusion, who are magnifying themselves against me.
Psalm 35:27 (show verse)
Let them shout in triumph and rejoice, who are desiring my justification; And let them say continually, Yahweh be magnified, Who hath taken pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 35:28 (show verse)
Mine own tongue also, shall softly utter thy righteousness, - All the day long, - thy praise!