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| 35:1 | [A Psalme of Dauid.] Plead my cause (O Lord) with them that striue with mee: fight against them that fight against me. |
| 35:2 | Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand vp for mine helpe. |
| 35:3 | Draw out also the speare, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say vnto my soule, I am thy saluation. |
| 35:4 | Let them be confounded and put to shame that seeke after my soule: let them be turned backe and brought to confusion, that deuise my hurt. |
| 35:5 | Let them be as chaffe before the wind: and let the Angel of the Lord chase them. |
| 35:6 | Let their way be darke and slippery, and let the Angel of the Lord persecute them. |
| 35:7 | For without cause haue they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they haue digged for my soule. |
| 35:8 | Let destruction come vpon him at vnawares, and let his net that hee hath hid, catch himselfe: into that very destruction let him fall. |
| 35:9 | And my soule shalbe ioyfull in the Lord: it shall reioyce in his saluation. |
| 35:10 | All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like vnto thee which deliuerest the poore from him that is too strong for him, yea the poore and the needy, from him that spoileth him? |
| 35:11 | False witnesses did rise vp they layd to my charge things that I knew not. |
| 35:12 | They rewarded mee euill for good, to the spoiling of my soule. |
| 35:13 | But as for me, when they were sicke, my clothing was sack-cloth: I humbled my soule with fasting, and my prayer returned into mine owne bosome. |
| 35:14 | I behaued my selfe as though he had bene my friend, or brother: I bowed downe heauily, as one that mourneth for his mother. |
| 35:15 | But in mine aduersitie they reioyced, and gathered themselues together: yea, the abiects gathered themselues together against me, & I knew it not, they did teare me, and ceased not, |
| 35:16 | With hypocriticall mockers in feasts: they gnashed vpon mee with their teeth. |
| 35:17 | Lord, how long wilt thou looke on? rescue my soule from their destructions, my darling from the lyons. |
| 35:18 | I will giue thee thankes in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. |
| 35:19 | Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully, reioyce ouer me: neither let them winke with the eye, that hate me without a cause. |
| 35:20 | For they speake not peace: but they deuise deceitfull matters against them that are quiet in the land. |
| 35:21 | Yea they opened their mouth wide against me, and saide, Aha, Aha, our eye hath seene it. |
| 35:22 | This thou hast seene (O Lord) keepe not silence: O Lord be not farre from me. |
| 35:23 | Stirre vp thy selfe and awake to my iudgement, euen vnto my cause, my God and my Lord. |
| 35:24 | Iudge me O Lord my God, according to thy righteousnesse, and let them not reioyce ouer me. |
| 35:25 | Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we haue it: let them not say, We haue swallowed him vp. |
| 35:26 | Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together, that reioyce at mine hurt: let them bee cloathed with shame and dishonour, that magnifie themselues against me. |
| 35:27 | Let them shoute for ioy, and bee glad that fauour my righteous cause: yea let them say continually, Let the Lord bee magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his seruant |
| 35:28 | And my tongue shall speake of thy righteousnesse, and of thy praise all the day long. |
| 35:1 | Pleade thou my cause O God, with them that striue with me: and fight thou agaynst them that fight against me |
| 35:2 | Lay hand vppon a shielde & buckler: and stande vp to helpe me |
| 35:3 | Bryng foorth the speare, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say vnto my soule, I am thy saluation |
| 35:4 | Let them be confounded and put to shame that seeke after my soule: let them be turned backe and brought to cofusion, that imagine mischiefe for me |
| 35:5 | Let them be as dust before the winde: and let the angell of God scatter [them. |
| 35:6 | Let their way be darke and slipperie: & let the angell of God persecute them |
| 35:7 | For without a cause they haue priuily layde for me a pit full of their nettes: without a cause they haue made a digyng vnto my soule |
| 35:8 | Let a sodayne destruction come vpon hym vnawares: and his net that he hath layde priuily catch hym selfe, let him fall into it with his owne destruction |
| 35:9 | And my soule shalbe ioyfull in God: it shall reioyce in his saluation |
| 35:10 | All my bones shall say, God who is lyke vnto thee? whiche deliuerest the poore from hym that is to strong for him: yea the poore and him that is in miserie, from him that spoyleth him |
| 35:11 | False witnesse did rise vp: they layde thinges to my charge that I know not |
| 35:12 | They rewarded me euill for good: to the great discomfort of my soule |
| 35:13 | Neuerthelesse, when they were sicke I did put on sackcloth: I afflicted my soule with fasting, and my prayer returned into myne owne bosome |
| 35:14 | I kept them company whersoeuer they went, as though they had ben my frende or brother: I went heauyly, as one that mourned for his mother |
| 35:15 | But in mine aduersitie they reioysed and gathered them together: yea, the very abiectes came together against me, yer I wyst they rented me a peeces and ceassed not |
| 35:16 | With hypocrites, scoffers, and parasites: they gnashed vpon me with their teeth |
| 35:17 | Lorde howe long wylt thou looke vpon this: O deliuer my soule from their raginges, and my dearling from Lions whelpes |
| 35:18 | So I wyll confesse it vnto thee in a great congregation: I will prayse thee among muche people |
| 35:19 | O let not my deceiptfull enemies triumph ouer me: let them not winke with an eye, that hate me without a cause |
| 35:20 | For they speake not peace: but they imagine deceiptfull wordes agaynst them that liue quietly in the lande |
| 35:21 | They gaped vpon me with their mouthes: and said this is well, this is wel, our eye hath seene |
| 35:22 | Thou hast seene this O God, holde not thy tongue then: go not farre from me O Lorde |
| 35:23 | Stirre thou and awake O my God and my Lorde: to iudge my cause and controuersie |
| 35:24 | Iudge me according to thy righteousnesse O God my Lorde: and let them not triumph ouer me |
| 35:25 | Let them not say in their heart, it is as we woulde haue it: neither let them say, we haue deuoured hym |
| 35:26 | Let them be put to confusion & shame all together that reioyce at my trouble: let them be clothed with rebuke and dishonour that exalt them selues against me |
| 35:27 | Let them triumph with gladnesse and reioyce that be delighted with my righteousnesse: let them say alwayes, blessed be God whiche hath pleasure in the prosperitie of his seruaunt |
| 35:28 | And my tongue shalbe talking of thy righteousnesse: and of thy prayse all the day long |
| 35:1 | A Psalme of Dauid. Pleade thou my cause, O Lord, with them that striue with me: fight thou against them, that fight against me. |
| 35:2 | Lay hand vpon the shielde and buckler, and stand vp for mine helpe. |
| 35:3 | Bring out also the speare and stop the way against them, that persecute me: say vnto my soule, I am thy saluation. |
| 35:4 | Let them be confounded and put to shame, that seeke after my soule: let them be turned backe, and brought to confusion, that imagine mine hurt. |
| 35:5 | Let them be as chaffe before the winde, and let the Angel of the Lord scatter them. |
| 35:6 | Let their way be darke and slipperie: and let the Angel of the Lord persecute them. |
| 35:7 | For without cause they haue hid the pit and their net for me: without cause haue they digged a pit for my soule. |
| 35:8 | Let destruction come vpon him at vnwares, and let his net, that he hath laid priuilie, take him: let him fall into the same destruction. |
| 35:9 | Then my soule shalbe ioyfull in the Lord: it shall reioyce in his saluation. |
| 35:10 | All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like vnto thee, which deliuerest the poore from him, that is too strong for him! yea, the poore and him that is in miserie, from him that spoyleth him! |
| 35:11 | Cruell witnesses did rise vp: they asked of me things that I knewe not. |
| 35:12 | They rewarded me euill for good, to haue spoyled my soule. |
| 35:13 | Yet I, when they were sicke, I was clothed with a sacke: I humbled my soule with fasting: and my praier was turned vpon my bosome. |
| 35:14 | I behaued my selfe as to my friend, or as to my brother: I humbled my selfe, mourning as one that bewaileth his mother. |
| 35:15 | But in mine aduersitie they reioyced, and gathered them selues together: the abiects assembled themselues against me, and knewe not: they tare me and ceased not, |
| 35:16 | With the false skoffers at bankets, gnashing their teeth against me. |
| 35:17 | Lord, how long wilt thou beholde this? deliuer my soule from their tumult, euen my desolate soule from the lions. |
| 35:18 | So will I giue thee thankes in a great Congregation: I will praise thee among much people. |
| 35:19 | Let not them that are mine enemies, vniustly reioyce ouer mee, neyther let them winke with the eye, that hate mee without a cause. |
| 35:20 | For they speake not as friendes: but they imagine deceitfull woordes against the quiet of the lande. |
| 35:21 | And they gaped on mee with their mouthes, saying, Aha, aha, our eye hath seene. |
| 35:22 | Thou hast seene it, O Lord: keepe not silence: be not farre from me, O Lord. |
| 35:23 | Arise and wake to my iudgement, euen to my cause, my God, and my Lord. |
| 35:24 | Iudge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousnesse, and let them not reioyce ouer mee. |
| 35:25 | Let them not say in their hearts, O our soule reioyce: neither let them say, We haue deuoured him. |
| 35:26 | Let them bee confounded, and put to shame together, that reioyce at mine hurt: let them bee clothed with confusion and shame, that lift vp themselues against me. |
| 35:27 | But let them be ioyful and glad, that loue my righteousnesse: yea, let them say alway, Let the Lord be magnified, which loueth the prosperitie of his seruant. |
| 35:28 | And my tongue shall vtter thy righteousnesse, and thy praise euery day. |
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