Verse 17

Psalms 35:17

Free Bible Version

17 How long, Lord, will you sit by and just watch? Save me from their vicious attacks; defend the only life I have from these lions.

Original Language Text

hebrew

אֲדֹנָ/י֮ כַּ/מָּ֪ה תִּ֫רְאֶ֥ה הָשִׁ֣יבָ/ה נַ֭פְשִׁ/י מִ/שֹּׁאֵי/הֶ֑ם מִ֝/כְּפִירִ֗ים יְחִידָתִֽ/י

English Translation

Lord, what will you show? Restore my soul from their destroyers, from the young lions.

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Chapter 35 Context

1 A psalm of David. Oppose my opponents, Lord; fight those who are fighting against me. Focus ↗

2 Put your armor on, and pick up your shield. Get ready, come and help me. Focus ↗

3 Draw your spear and your javelin, confront those who are chasing me. Tell me, “I am your salvation!” Focus ↗

4 Shame them! Humiliate those who are trying to kill me! Turn them back! Disgrace those who are planni... Focus ↗

5 Let them be like chaff blown by the wind; let the angel of the Lord drive them away. Focus ↗

6 May their path be dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord chasing them down. Focus ↗

7 For no reason they set a net to catch me; for no reason they dug a pit to trap me. Focus ↗

8 Let disaster come on them suddenly; let the net they set catch them instead; let the pit they dug tr... Focus ↗

9 Then I will be glad in the Lord; I will be happy in his salvation. Focus ↗

10 Every part of me will say, Who can compare to you, Lord? You rescue the weak from the strong; the po... Focus ↗

11 Hostile witnesses stand up to testify against me, accusing me of crimes I don't know anything about. Focus ↗

12 They pay me back with evil instead of good. I feel like giving up. Focus ↗

13 But when they were sick, I put on clothes of sackcloth in sympathy. I denied myself through fasting.... Focus ↗

14 I was upset for them, as if they were my own friends or family; I bowed down in grief as if I was mo... Focus ↗

15 But when I was in trouble, they gathered around and laughed at me. Even strangers I don't know attac... Focus ↗

16 Like irreligious people mocking a cripple they mock me and call me names, gnashing their teeth at me... Focus ↗

17 How long, Lord, will you sit by and just watch? Save me from their vicious attacks; defend the only...

18 Don't let my enemies take pleasure in my troubles, those people who hate me and tell lies about me,... Focus ↗

19 They are not looking for peace; they invent malicious and deceptive schemes against innocent peace-l... Focus ↗

20 They open their mouths wide to make accusations against me, saying, “Look! Look! We saw it with our... Focus ↗

21 But Lord, you've seen all this! Say something! Don't give up on me, Lord! Focus ↗

22 Wake up! Get up and defend me, my Lord and my God (Elohim)! Take up my case and make sure justice is... Focus ↗

23 Vindicate me, my Lord and my God (Elohim), because you are just and right. Don't let them gloat over... Focus ↗

24 Don't let them say to themselves, “Look! We got what we wanted!” Don't let them say, “We completely... Focus ↗

25 Make them totally ashamed, all those who are happy for the trouble I'm in. Let those who are celebra... Focus ↗

26 Instead let those who are pleased I've been vindicated celebrate and shout for joy. Let them always... Focus ↗

27 I will tell others about your character of truth and right, praising you all day long! Focus ↗

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