Thematic Bible
Psalm 35:1 (show verse)
Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!
Psalm 35:2 (show verse)
Take hold of shield and buckler and rise for my help!
Psalm 35:3 (show verse)
Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers! Say to my soul, "I am your salvation!"
Psalm 35:4 (show verse)
Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life! Let them be turned back and disappointed who devise evil against me!
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Psalm 35:5 (show verse)
Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them away!
Psalm 35:6 (show verse)
Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them!
Psalm 35:7 (show verse)
For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.
Psalm 35:8 (show verse)
Let destruction come upon him when he does not know it! And let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it--to his destruction!
Psalm 35:9 (show verse)
Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD, exulting in his salvation.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 35:10 (show verse)
All my bones shall say, "O LORD, who is like you, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and needy from him who robs him?"
Psalm 35:11 (show verse)
Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I do not know.
Psalm 35:12 (show verse)
They repay me evil for good; my soul is bereft.
Psalm 35:13 (show verse)
But I, when they were sick-- I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed on my chest.
Psalm 35:14 (show verse)
I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother; as one who laments his mother, I bowed down in mourning.
Psalm 35:15 (show verse)
But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered; they gathered together against me; wretches whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing;
Psalm 35:16 (show verse)
like profane mockers at a feast, they gnash at me with their teeth.
Psalm 35:17 (show verse)
How long, O Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their destruction, my precious life from the lions!
Psalm 35:18 (show verse)
I will thank you in the great congregation; in the mighty throng I will praise you.
Psalm 35:19 (show verse)
Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause.
Psalm 35:20 (show verse)
For they do not speak peace, but against those who are quiet in the land they devise words of deceit.
Psalm 35:21 (show verse)
They open wide their mouths against me; they say, "Aha, Aha! Our eyes have seen it!"
Psalm 35:22 (show verse)
You have seen, O LORD; be not silent! O Lord, be not far from me!
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Psalm 35:23 (show verse)
Awake and rouse yourself for my vindication, for my cause, my God and my Lord!
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Psalm 35:24 (show verse)
Vindicate me, O LORD, my God, according to your righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me!
Psalm 35:25 (show verse)
Let them not say in their hearts, "Aha, our heart's desire!" Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up."
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Psalm 35:26 (show verse)
Let them be put to shame and disappointed altogether who rejoice at my calamity! Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me!
Psalm 35:27 (show verse)
Let those who delight in my righteousness shout for joy and be glad and say evermore, "Great is the LORD, who delights in the welfare of his servant!"
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Psalm 35:28 (show verse)
Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long.