# Psalms 35

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

*Of David.*

## Text

[1] Contend with my opponents, O LORD;
fight against those who fight against me. [2] Take up Your shield and buckler;
arise and come to my aid. [3] Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers;
say to my soul: “I am your salvation.” [4] May those who seek my life
be disgraced and put to shame;
may those who plan to harm me
be driven back and confounded. [5] May they be like chaff in the wind,
as the angel of the LORD drives them away. [6] May their path be dark and slick,
as the angel of the LORD pursues. [7] For without cause they laid their net for me;
without reason they dug a pit for my soul. [8] May ruin befall them by surprise;
may the net they hid ensnare them;
may they fall into the hazard they created. [9] Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD
and exult in His salvation. [10] All my bones will exclaim,
“Who is like You, O LORD,
who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor,
the poor and needy from the robber?” [11] Hostile witnesses come forward;
they make charges I know nothing about. [12] They repay me evil for good,
to the bereavement of my soul. [13] Yet when they were ill,
I put on sackcloth;
I humbled myself with fasting,
but my prayers returned unanswered. [14] I paced about
as for my friend or brother;
I was bowed down with grief,
like one mourning for his mother. [15] But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee;
they gathered together against me.
Assailants I did not know
slandered me without ceasing. [16] Like godless jesters at a feast,
they gnashed their teeth at me. [17] How long, O Lord, will You look on?
Rescue my soul from their ravages,
my precious life from these lions. [18] Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly;
I will praise You among many people. [19] Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause,
nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice. [20] For they do not speak peace,
but they devise deceitful schemes
against those who live quietly in the land. [21] They gape at me and say,
“Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!” [22] O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent.
O Lord, be not far from me. [23] Awake and rise to my defense,
to my cause, my God and my Lord! [24] Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God,
and do not let them gloat over me. [25] Let them not say in their hearts,
“Aha, just what we wanted!”
Let them not say,
“We have swallowed him up!” [26] May those who gloat in my distress
be ashamed and confounded;
may those who exalt themselves over me
be clothed in shame and reproach. [27] May those who favor my vindication
shout for joy and gladness;
may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD
who delights in His servant’s well-being.” [28] Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness
and Your praises all day long.

## Each verse

- Psalms 35:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/1
- Psalms 35:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/2
- Psalms 35:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/3
- Psalms 35:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/4
- Psalms 35:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/5
- Psalms 35:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/6
- Psalms 35:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/7
- Psalms 35:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/8
- Psalms 35:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/9
- Psalms 35:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/10
- Psalms 35:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/11
- Psalms 35:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/12
- Psalms 35:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/13
- Psalms 35:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/14
- Psalms 35:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/15
- Psalms 35:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/16
- Psalms 35:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/17
- Psalms 35:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/18
- Psalms 35:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/19
- Psalms 35:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/20
- Psalms 35:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/21
- Psalms 35:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/22
- Psalms 35:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/23
- Psalms 35:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/24
- Psalms 35:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/25
- Psalms 35:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/26
- Psalms 35:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/27
- Psalms 35:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/28