Thematic Bible
Psalm 35:1 (show verse)
Contend, O Yahweh, with my contenders; fight [those who] fight me.
Psalm 35:2 (show verse)
Grasp buckler and shield and rise to my aid.
Psalm 35:3 (show verse)
And draw [the] spear and javelin to meet [those who] pursue me. Say to my soul, "I [am] your salvation."
Psalm 35:4 (show verse)
Let those who seek my life be shamed and humiliated. Let those who plot calamity against me be repulsed and ashamed.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 35:5 (show verse)
Let them be like chaff before [the] wind, with the angel of Yahweh {driving them}.
Psalm 35:6 (show verse)
Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of Yahweh pursuing them.
Psalm 35:7 (show verse)
For without cause they secretly hide the pit with their net for me; without cause they dug [it] for my life.
Psalm 35:8 (show verse)
Let {unforeseen ruin} come on him, and his net that he hid, let it catch him. Let him fall into it in ruin.
Psalm 35:9 (show verse)
Then my soul will rejoice in Yahweh; it will rejoice in his salvation.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 35:10 (show verse)
All of my bones shall say, "O Yahweh, who [is] like you, who delivers [the] poor from [one] stronger than he and [the] poor and needy from [the one who] robs him?"
Psalm 35:11 (show verse)
Violent witnesses rise up; they ask me [concerning] what I do not know.
Psalm 35:12 (show verse)
They repay me evil in place of good. [It is] bereavement to my soul.
Psalm 35:13 (show verse)
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth. I weakened my soul with fasting, and my prayer {returned to me unanswered}.
Psalm 35:14 (show verse)
I {behaved} as [though he were] a friend [or] as a brother to me. As one lamenting a mother, I was bowed down [in] mourning.
Psalm 35:15 (show verse)
But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together; smiters whom I did not know gathered against me. They tore and did not cease.
Psalm 35:16 (show verse)
Among [the] ungodly of the mockers at feasts, [they] gnashed at me with their teeth.
Psalm 35:17 (show verse)
My Lord, how long will you watch? Restore my life from their ravages, my only [life] from [the] young lions.
Psalm 35:18 (show verse)
I will give thanks [to] you in [the] great assembly; among [the] mighty people I will praise you.
Psalm 35:19 (show verse)
Let not those who [are] wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me. [Nor let] those who hate me without cause wink [the] eye.
Psalm 35:20 (show verse)
For they do not speak peace, but against [the] quiet [ones] of [the] land they plan deceitful words.
Psalm 35:21 (show verse)
They also made wide their mouths against me. They said, "Aha! Aha! Our eyes have seen [it]."
Psalm 35:22 (show verse)
You have seen, O Yahweh. Do not be deaf. O Lord, do not be far from me.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 35:23 (show verse)
Wake up and rouse yourself for my right, for my cause, O my God and my Lord.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 35:24 (show verse)
Vindicate me according to your righteousness, O Yahweh my God, and do not let them rejoice over me.
Psalm 35:25 (show verse)
Do not let them say in their hearts, "Aha, our desire." Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up."
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 35:26 (show verse)
Let them be shamed and abashed altogether, who rejoice at my misfortune. Let them put on shame and insult, who magnify themselves against me.
Psalm 35:27 (show verse)
Let them shout for joy and be glad, who delight in my vindication; and let them say continually, "Yahweh is great, who delights in the welfare of his servant."
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 35:28 (show verse)
Then my tongue will proclaim your righteousness, [and] your praise all day.