Psalms 35
1 By David. Contend, LORD, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.
to/for David to contend [emph?] LORD with opponent my to fight with to fight me
2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.
to strengthen: hold shield and shield and to arise: rise [emph?] in/on/with help my
3 Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, “I am your salvation.”
and to empty spear and to shut to/for to encounter: toward to pursue me to say to/for soul my salvation your I
4 Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.
be ashamed and be humiliated to seek soul: life my to turn back and be ashamed to devise: devise distress: evil my
5 Let them be as chaff before the wind, the LORD’s angel driving them on.
to be like/as chaff to/for face: before spirit: breath and messenger: angel LORD to thrust
6 Let their way be dark and slippery, the LORD’s angel pursuing them.
to be way: conduct their darkness and smoothness and messenger: angel LORD to pursue them
7 For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
for for nothing to hide to/for me pit: grave net their for nothing to search to/for soul: life my
8 Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.
to come (in): come him devastation not to know and net his which to hide to capture him in/on/with devastation to fall: fall in/on/with her
9 My soul shall be joyful in the LORD. It shall rejoice in his salvation.
and soul my to rejoice in/on/with LORD to rejoice in/on/with salvation his
10 All my bones shall say, “LORD, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”
all bone my to say LORD who? like you to rescue afflicted from strong from him and afflicted and needy from to plunder him
11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.
to arise: rise [emph?] witness violence which not to know to ask me
12 They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.
to complete me distress: evil underneath: instead welfare bereavement to/for soul my
13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.
and I in/on/with be weak: ill they clothing my sackcloth to afflict in/on/with fast soul: myself my and prayer my upon bosom: embrace my to return: return
14 I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.
like/as neighbor like/as brother: male-sibling to/for me to go: walk like/as mourning mother be dark to bow
15 But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease.
and in/on/with stumbling my to rejoice and to gather to gather upon me smitten and not to know to tear and not to silence: stationary
16 Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.
in/on/with profane mocking bun to grind upon me tooth their
17 Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.
Lord like/as what? to see: see to return: rescue [emph?] soul: myself my from ravage their from lion only my
18 I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.
to give thanks you in/on/with assembly many in/on/with people mighty to boast: praise you
19 Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.
not to rejoice to/for me enemy my deception to hate me for nothing to wink eye
20 For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
for not peace to speak: speak and upon restful land: country/planet word deceit to devise: design [emph?]
21 Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!”
and to enlarge upon me lip their to say Aha! Aha! to see: see eye our
22 You have seen it, LORD. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.
to see: see LORD not be quiet Lord not to remove from me
23 Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!
to rouse [emph?] and to awake [emph?] to/for justice: judgement my God my and Lord to/for strife my
24 Vindicate me, LORD my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.
to judge me like/as righteousness your LORD God my and not to rejoice to/for me
25 Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!” Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”
not to say in/on/with heart their Aha! soul our not to say to swallow up him
26 Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.
be ashamed and be ashamed together glad distress: harm my to clothe shame and shame [the] to magnify upon me
27 Let those who favor my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad. Yes, let them say continually, “May the LORD be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”
to sing and to rejoice delighting righteousness my and to say continually to magnify LORD [the] delighting peace: well-being servant/slave his
28 My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.
and tongue my to mutter righteousness your all [the] day praise your
