Verse 1
Psalms 35:1
Darby Translation
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{[A Psalm] of David.} Strive, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me; fight against them that fight against me:
Original Language Text
hebrew
לְ/דָוִ֨ד רִיבָ֣/ה יְ֭הוָה אֶת יְרִיבַ֑/י לְ֝חַ֗ם אֶת לֹֽחֲמָֽ/י
English Translation
To David, the Lord will contend with my adversaries; I will fight with my bread.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 35 Context
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{[A Psalm] of David.} Strive, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me; fight against them that figh...
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Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help;
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And draw out the spear, and stop [the way] against my pursuers: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation...
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Let them be put to shame and confounded that seek after my life; let them be turned backward and bro...
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Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of Jehovah drive [them] away;
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Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of Jehovah pursue them.
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For without cause have they hidden for me their net [in] a pit; without cause they have digged [it]...
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Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for dest...
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And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah; it shall rejoice in his salvation.
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All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, who deliverest the afflicted from one strong...
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Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they lay to my charge things which I know not.
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They reward me evil for good, [to] the bereavement of my soul.
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But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I chastened my soul with fasting, and...
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I behaved myself as though [he had been] a friend, a brother to me; I bowed down in sadness, as one...
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But at my halting they rejoiced, and gathered together: the slanderers gathered themselves together...
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With profane jesters for bread, they have gnashed their teeth against me.
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Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my only one from the young...
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I will give thee thanks in the great congregation; I will praise thee among much people.
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Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; let them not wink with the eye that h...
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For they speak not peace; and they devise deceitful words against the quiet in the land.
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And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen [it].
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Thou hast seen [it], Jehovah: keep not silence; O Lord, be not far from me.
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Stir up thyself, and awake for my right, for my cause, my God (Elohim) and Lord!
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Judge me, Jehovah my God (Elohim), according to thy righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me.
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Let them not say in their heart, Aha! so would we have it. Let them not say, We have swallowed him u...
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Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine adversity; let them be cl...
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Let them exult and rejoice that delight in my righteousness; and let them say continually, Jehovah b...
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And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness, [and] of thy praise, all the day.
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