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A Psalm of David. |
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Strive thou, O YAHUVEH, with them that strive with me: Fight thou against
them that fight against me. |
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Take hold of shield and buckler, And stand up for my help. |
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Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that pursue me:
Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. |
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Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor that seek after my
soul: Let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt. |
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Let them be as chaff before the wind, And the angel of YAHUVEH driving
them on. |
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Let their way be dark and slippery, And the angel of YAHUVEH pursuing
them. |
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For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit;
Without cause have they digged a pit for my soul. |
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Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid
catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein. |
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And my soul shall be joyful in YAHUVEH: It shall rejoice in his
salvation. |
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All my bones shall say, YAHUVEH, who is like unto thee, Who deliverest
the poor from him that is too strong for him, Yea, the poor and the needy
from him that robbeth him? |
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Unrighteous witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I know not. |
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They reward me evil for good, To the bereaving of my soul. |
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But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I
afflicted my soul with fasting; And my prayer returned into mine own bosom. |
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I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed
down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother. |
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But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together:
The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it
not; They did tear me, and ceased not: |
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Like the profane mockers in feasts, They gnashed upon me with their
teeth. |
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Master, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their
destructions, My darling from the lions. |
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I will give thee thanks in the great assembly: I will praise thee among
much people. |
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Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; Neither
let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. |
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For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them
that are quiet in the land. |
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Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; They said, Aha, aha, our
eye hath seen it. |
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Thou hast seen it, O YAHUVEH; keep not silence: O Master, be not far from
me. |
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Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice due unto me, Even
unto my cause, my YAHUVEH and my Master. |
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Judge me, O YAHUVEH my YAHUVEH, 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 up. |
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Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my
hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves
against me. |
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Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause: Yea,
let them say continually, YAHUVEH be magnified, Who hath pleasure in the
prosperity of his servant. |
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And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness And of thy praise
all the day long. |