Psalm 35

¹Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.

³⁶Therefore this is what the Lord says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.

¹⁵⁴Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.

²⁵Indeed, this is what the Lord says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.

¹¹for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.

²³for the Lord will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.

⁴He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.

³The Lord is a warrior, the Lord is His name.

¹³The Lord goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:

⁴¹when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.

⁴²I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”

⁵They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the Lord and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country.

¹²If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.

¹³He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.

²Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the Lord God is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”

²When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.

¹²Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.

¹⁶With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”

⁹Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!

¹⁰Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”

²⁶Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.

²⁷Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”

²May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

³May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.

⁵Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the Lord.

²⁶May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.

¹²Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.

¹⁷O Lord, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.

¹⁸May lying lips be silenced—lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.

⁵May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

¹⁸Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?

⁵But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,

²⁸By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.

³Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.

¹⁹And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,

⁴Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.

¹²“Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the Lord.

¹⁸Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.

¹⁹But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.

¹⁶Give glory to the Lord your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

²⁵But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’

⁵The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah

¹⁵The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

⁴Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.

⁸For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.

³Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who engage in treachery without cause will be disgraced.

⁹Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.

¹⁰Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.

³⁴But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.

¹⁵The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

²²The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

⁶They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah

¹¹But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.

¹⁰I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

⁴⁶Then Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord,

⁴⁷and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!

¹¹Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.

¹⁰The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.

¹¹Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”

¹⁴that I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.

¹At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the Lord; my horn is exalted in the Lord. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.

¹²I know that the Lord upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.

³¹For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.

¹¹Who among the gods is like You, O Lord? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?

⁸O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.

¹⁹Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?

⁸Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.

¹²Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

⁵⁹Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.

⁶⁰But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward

¹³where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

⁹and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?

¹²Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.

¹³Nor can they prove to you any of their charges against me.

¹⁰But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.

³²But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”

²⁰Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.

²⁰Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.

²¹but they kept shouting, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!”

²²A third time he said to them, “What evil has this man done? I have found in Him no offense worthy of death. So after I punish Him, I will release Him.”

¹³If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.

³They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.

⁴In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

¹⁰I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.

¹¹I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.

²⁵Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

⁴⁴But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

⁵Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the Lord?

³¹It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, that you may humble yourselves; it is a permanent statute.

¹³If the home is worthy, let your peace rest on it, but if it is not, let your peace return to you.

⁴¹As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it

⁴²and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.

¹¹Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.

¹²They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the Lord and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

⁶⁷And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.

¹⁷Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,

¹⁸and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:

⁶I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.

¹⁰For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”

⁶⁵Then some of them began to spit on Him. They blindfolded Him, struck Him with their fists, and said to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in His face.

²⁷Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.

²⁸They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.

²or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

³⁹And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads

⁴⁰and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

¹⁰For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,

¹¹saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”

¹⁶All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”

⁹His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.

¹²The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,

²⁸Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.

⁵⁴On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.

¹⁴I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.

¹⁵When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

¹³Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

⁴My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

²⁰Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.

²¹Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!

⁴⁶How long, O Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?

³How long will the wicked, O Lord, how long will the wicked exult?

⁴They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.

⁹There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.

¹⁰How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?

¹²He says: “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly.”

²²I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.

²³You who fear the Lord, praise Him! All descendants of Jacob, honor Him! All offspring of Israel, revere Him!

¹⁸I will fulfill my vows to the Lord in the presence of all His people,

³Therefore, a strong people will honor You. The cities of ruthless nations will revere You.

¹⁴I will fulfill my vows to the Lord in the presence of all His people.

¹For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song. May God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, Selah

²that Your ways may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.

⁴Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.

²⁵But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’

¹³winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.

⁴lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.

¹⁹Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.

¹⁰He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.

⁴and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.

²²“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”

²³When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.

¹⁹For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”

⁵Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!

⁶Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace.

¹²Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.

¹⁹He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear His voice in the streets.

¹⁵May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.

⁵³As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,

⁵⁴waiting to catch Him in something He might say.

¹³They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.

³May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.

⁷For He has delivered me from every trouble, and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.

¹²Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

⁷The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.

¹Why, O Lord, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?

¹Of David. To You, O Lord, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.

²¹Do not forsake me, O Lord; be not far from me, O my God.

⁶Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps,

¹¹Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.

⁶Arise, O Lord, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.

²³Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.

²⁶He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’

⁴For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.

²⁸Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!”

²before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.

¹Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.

¹Of David. Vindicate me, O Lord! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.

⁸The Lord judges the peoples; vindicate me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and integrity.

⁶After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

¹⁹Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.

²²“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”

¹⁶All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”

³when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,

⁴³He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

⁵And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.

⁸Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah

¹²Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

¹⁶For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”

²²Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”

¹⁸I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown upon him will gleam.”

⁵If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,

¹¹Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.

⁵May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

⁴⁰I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.

⁴¹Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.

⁴For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.

¹⁷The Lord your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”

¹⁶May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The Lord be magnified!”

¹⁸With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness.

⁴May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!”

²¹My mouth will declare the praise of the Lord; let every creature bless His holy name forever and ever.

²⁴My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.

⁵the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works.

¹⁴Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.

¹⁵O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.

¹⁵Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

¹Of David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, so that the king drove him away. I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.